Questions about Latin Americans
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What languages are officially spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Portuguese are the predominant languages, with Spanish official in most mainland countries and in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, while Portuguese is spoken in Brazil alone. French holds official status in Haiti, French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique. Several countries also give official status to indigenous languages; Bolivia recognizes Aymara, Quechua and Guarani alongside Spanish, and Colombia officially recognizes every indigenous language spoken within its borders.
What is the largest ethnic group among Latin Americans?
White Latin Americans are the largest single group, accounting for more than one-third of the population according to a 2005 demographic survey. Mestizos, people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, make up the majority of the population in half the countries of Latin America and are the second largest group overall.
Where is the largest Japanese community outside Japan located?
Brazil is home to the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan itself, estimated as high as 1.5 million people. The country also has around 200,000 ethnic Chinese and 100,000 ethnic Koreans.
What is the predominant religion of Latin Americans?
About 90% of Latin Americans are Christians, with roughly 71% identifying as Roman Catholic. Latin America is the world's second largest Christian population in absolute terms, after Europe. Protestant denominations are growing, particularly in Brazil, Guatemala and Puerto Rico.
Which country has the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Arab states?
Latin America as a region holds the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Arab states. Lebanon and Syria have also produced large diaspora communities in Mexico and Argentina, and Brazil has an estimated 7 to 10 million people of Lebanese descent.
How many Latin Americans were living abroad in the mid-2000s?
By the mid-2000s, Colombia alone had about 3,331,107 citizens living abroad according to its 2005 census. Central Americans living abroad in 2005 totaled 3,314,300, with Salvadorans making up the largest share at 1,128,701. Brazil had an estimated 2 million citizens overseas, and an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Salvadorans resided in the United States.