| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 600,000,[1] 5% of total population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly in Santa Cruz, La Paz and to a lesser extent the rest of the Media Luna Region[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| Bolivian Spanish German (Plautdietsch, Standard German) Bolivian Sign Language | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Anabaptism, Evangelicalism, Judaism, Irreligion[citation needed] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Spaniards • Germans[dubious – discuss] |
White Bolivians, also known as Caucasian Bolivians, are Bolivians who have predominantly or total European and West Asian ancestry (formerly called criollos or castizos in the viceregal era), most notably from Spain and Germany, and to a lesser extent, Italy and Croatia.[citation needed]
Bolivian people of European ancestry mostly descend from people who arrived over the centuries from Spain, beginning five hundred years ago.[2]
European Bolivians are a minority ethnic group in Bolivia, accounting for 5% of the country's population. The majority of white Bolivians are the descendants of Criollos of Spanish descent as well as the Europeans or Arabs from Spain, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, and Croatia. White Bolivians mainly live in the largest cities and major towns in Bolivia like Santa Cruz and La Paz.[3] An additional 68% of the population is mestizo, having mixed European and indigenous ancestry.[1]
- ^ a b "The World Factbook: Bolivia". CIA. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Bolivia is Burning". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Ethnic Groups Of Bolivia