Asian Latin Americans

For the Latino population of Asian descent living in or native to the United States, see Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans. For the population in Asia of Latin American descent, see Latin American Asian.

Asian Latin Americans
Asiáticolatinoamericanos
Total population
c. 6,607,730 approximately
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil2,084,288 (self-identified East Asian ancestry)[1][2]
 Peru1,461,638 estimated[3][4][5] 36,841 self-reported[4]
 Mexico1,000,000
 Venezuela500,000
 Argentina344,130
 Colombia213,910
 Panama140,000
 Cuba114,240[6]
 Dominican Republic52,000
 Paraguay51,000
 Guatemala27,000
 Chile25,000
 Ecuador17,080
 Bolivia15,000
 Nicaragua14,000[7]
 Costa Rica9,170[8]
 Puerto Rico6,390
 Uruguay4,000
 El Salvador3,271 (self-reported; 20,000 estimated)
 Honduras2,609[9]
Languages
European Languages:
Spanish · Portuguese · English
Asian Languages:
Chinese · Japanese · Korean · Filipino · Vietnamese · Thai · Malay · Arabic · Hindustani · Tamil · Telugu · Punjabi · Bengali
Religion
Christianity · Buddhism · Taoism · Shintoism · Islam · Zoroastrianism · Hinduism · Sikhism · Jainism
Related ethnic groups
Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Filipinos, Spaniards, Portuguese, European Latin Americans, Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latin American Asian, Asian Caribbean, Chinese Caribbean people

Asian Latin Americans (sometimes Asian-Latinos) are Latin Americans of Asian descent. Asian immigrants to Latin America have largely been from East Asia or West Asia.[10] Historically, Asians in Latin America have a centuries-long history in the region, starting with Filipinos in the 16th century. The peak of Asian immigration occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries. There are currently more than four million Asian Latin Americans, nearly 1% of Latin America's population. Chinese, Japanese, and Lebanese are the largest Asian ancestries; other major ethnic groups include Filipinos, Syrians, Koreans and Indians, many of whom are Indo-Caribbean and came from neighboring countries in the Caribbean and the Guianas. Brazil is home to the largest population of East Asian descent, estimated at 2.08 million.[1][11] The country is also home to a large percentage of West Asian descendants.[12] With as much as 5% of their population having some degree of Chinese ancestry, Peru and Mexico have the highest ratio of any country for East Asian descent.[3] Though the most recent official census, which relied on self-identification, gave a much lower percentage.[4][13]

There has been notable emigration from these communities in recent decades, so that there are now hundreds of thousands of people of Asian Latin American origin in both Japan and the United States.

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  3. ^ a b "The Ranking of Ethnic Chinese Population". Overseas Community Affairs Council, Republic of China (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. p. 216.
  5. ^ "Japan-Peru Relations (Basic Data)".
  6. ^ CIA World Factbook
  7. ^ "Han Chinese, Mandarin in Nicaragua".
  8. ^ "Costa Rica es multirracial, último censo lo pone en evidencia | Crhoy.com". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7.
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  12. ^ Petruccelli, Jose Luis; Saboia, Ana Lucia. "Caracteristicas Etnico-raciais da Populacao Classificacoes e identidades" (PDF). IBGE. p. 53. Retrieved 28 July 2021. descendentes e os asiáticos – japoneses, chineses, coreanos, libaneses, sírios, entre outros
  13. ^ "Esa sutil mirada: Sobre estereotipos, prejuicios y racismo hacia la población asiático peruana. | Alerta contra el racismo".