Tot population | |
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(11 million +) | |
Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
Bolivie 10,907,778 | |
Leids | |
(Spaingie), Bolivie Spaingie, numerous ithers | |
Releegion | |
Catholicism, Evangelical, minorities o ither releegions. |
Bolivie fowk (Bolivianos in Spaingie), cried Bolivies an aw, are the ceetizens o Bolivie. Amerindians inhabitie Bolivie territory for several millennia afore Spaingie Conquest in the 16t century. Spaniards an Africans arrivit in steady nummers unner colonial rule, mixin widely wi ilk ither an wi indigenous fowks.
The Bolivie population, estimatit at 10.9 milion is multiethnic, includin Amerindians, Mestizos, Europeans, Asies an Africans. The main leid spoken is Spaingie, awtho the Guarani, Aymara an Quechua leids are common an aw three, as well as 34 ither indigenous leids, are offeecial an aw. The lairge nummer o different culturs athin Bolivie haes contributit greatly tae a wide diversity in fields such as airt, cuisine, leeteratur, an muisic.
Ethnic composition | |||
Ethnic Map o Bolivie | |||
Indigenous-Native fowks sel-identification ¹ | |||
Indigenous sel-identification | 60 % | ||
Nane sel-identification | 40 % | ||
Ethnic sel-identification ² | |||
Mestizo | 68 % | ||
Indigenous | 18 % | ||
White | 7 % | ||
Cholo | 2 % | ||
Afro Bolivie | 1 % | ||
Ither | 1 % | ||
n/a | 3 % | ||
Notes: 1 = National Census of Population and Living 2001, National Statistics Institute of Bolivia (INE).[1] | |||
2 = [2] |
The ethnic composition o Bolivie includes a great diversity o culturs. Maist o the indigenous fowks hae assimilatit a mestizo cultur, diversifyin an expandin their indigenous heritage. Consequently, thare is in Bolivie a mix o culturs, which joins thegither Hispanic an Amerindian cultures.
The ethnic distribution o Bolivie is estimatit tae be 30% Quechua-speakin an 25% Aymara-speakin. The lairgest o the approximately three dozen native groups are the Quechuas (2.5 million), Aymaras (2 million), then Chiquitano (180,000), an Guaraní (125,000). So the full Amerindian population is at 55%; the remainin 30% are mestizo (mixed Amerindian an white), an aroond 15% are white.[3]
Aroond 1,300,000 Bolivies are Spaingie strynd, an 500,000 are o German backgrund, an aroond 350,000 are Italian, 200,000 Portuguese, an aroond 50,000 Croatie strynd.
The Indigenous fowks o Bolivie are dividit intae twa different ethnic groups; the Andeans, which are locatit in the Andean Altiplano an the glen region an the ethnic cultur o the oriental Llanos region, which inhabit the wairm regions o eastren Bolivie (Gran Chaco).
Main Indigenous an Afro Bolive fowks frae Bolivie | ||||||||
N° | Group | Population | % | N° | Group | Population | % | |
1 | Quechua | 1.558.277 | 15,54% | 6 | Afro Bolivie | 22.000 | 0,22% | |
2 | Aymara | 1.098.317 | 10,95% | 7 | Movima | 10.152 | 0,11% | |
3 | Chiquitano | 184.288 | 1,84% | 8 | Guarayo | 9.863 | 0,10% | |
4 | Guaraní | 133.393 | 1,33% | 9 | Chiman | 4.528 | 0,05% | |
5 | Moxo | 76.073 | 0,76% | 10 | Tacana | 3.056 | 0,03% | |
Source: Wigberto Rivero Pinto (2006) [1] Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine |
The Roman Catholic kirk haes a dominant presence in releegion in Bolivie. While a vast majority o Bolivies are Catholic Christians, a hintle smawer portion o the population pairticipates actively. In the decades follaein the Seicont Vatican Cooncil (1962–65), the Kirk tried tae mak releegion a mair active force in social life.
A 2008 survey for Americas Barometer, wi 3,003 respondents an an error (+/- 1,8% )[5] returned these results:
Releegion | Percentage | Notes |
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Catholic | 81.6% | |
Evangelic | 10.3% | Pentecostal, Nan-Catholic Charismatic |
Nae releegion | 3.3% | Secular, Atheist |
Protestant | 2.6% | Historic Protestant - Adventist, Baptist, Calvinist, Salvation Airmy, Lutheran, Methodist, Nazarene, Presbiterian |
Mormon an Jehova's Witness | 1.7% | |
Nan Christian | 0.4% | Bahá'í Faith, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu |
Tradeetional releegions | 0.1% | Native releegions |
Ither reviews o the population vary frae these specific results.[6]