RACING TO THE TOP 2010: STATE OF WORLD POPULATION

 

 

EUROPEAN / WHITE

981 million

LATINO / NATIVE

576 million

MIDDLE EASTERN / INDIAN

2203 million

EAST ASIAN

2166 million

AFRICAN / BLACK

917 million

 

 

1. BRAZIL

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LATNAT 150

2. MEXICO

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LATNAT 111

3. UNITED STATES

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LATNAT 55

4. COLOMBIA

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LATNAT 46

5. PERU

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LATNAT 30

6. VENEZUELA

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LATNAT 29

7. ARGENTINA  

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LATNAT 25

8. ECUADOR 

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LATNAT 15

9. GUATEMALA

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LATNAT 15

10. CHILE

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LATNAT 12

11. DOMINICAN R.

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LATNAT 10

12. BOLIVIA 

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LATNAT 10

13. CUBA

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LATNAT 9

14. HONDURAS 

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LATNAT 8

15. PARAGUAY

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LATNAT 7

16. EL SALVADOR

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LATNAT 6

17. NICURAGUA  

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LATNAT 6

18. COSTA RICA

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LATNAT 5

19. PUERTO RICO

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LATNAT 4

20. PANAMA

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LATNAT 4

21. CANADA

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LATNAT 6

22. TRINIDAD 

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LATNAT 2

 

Notes

 

Native Americans of Canada, the USA and all of Latin America from Mexico through Argentina are grouped with the Latin American Hispanic, Latino (mestizo), mulatto and zambo groups

 

The United States is the 3rd largest Latin American country in the world (it was at the bottom under Trinidad in 1960)

 

Most Lat/Nat countries have a diverse population with an ethno-cultural core at a somewhat different loci than their neighbor countries

 

Countries and territories under 1 million:  Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Bahamas, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, St. Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, US Virgin Islands, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Aruba

 

Counties and territories under 100 thousand: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, British Virgin Islands, Monserrat, Falkland Islands

 

POPULATION GROWTH

 

1930:    71 million

1970:  204 million

2010:  576 million

2050:  789 million

 

 

 

 

 

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