Ethnicity

The Colombian population is descended from three racial groups: Indians, Blacks, and Whites. These races have mingled throughout the nearly 500 years of the country's history.

No official figures are available but according to rough estimates in the early 2000’s, Mestizos (White - Indian mix) constituted approximately 50 percent of the population; Whites 25 percent; Mulattoes (Black - White mix); Zambos (Black - Indian mix) 20 percent; blacks 4 percent, and Indians 1 percent.