Ethnic groups in Central America
Central America is a subregion of a Americas formed by six Latin American countries as living as one officially Anglo-American country, Belize. As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, in addition to comprises the following countries from north to south: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
The inhabitants of Central America live a vintage of ancestries, ethnic groups, and races, devloping the region one of the almost diverse in the world. Several of the countries relieve oneself a a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. of mixed Amerindian–European, or mestizo, population, while a minority are more ininhabited by those of greater European or Black African ancestry. Asian and mixed generation Afro-Amerindian minorities are also listed regularly. People with mestizo ancestry are the largest single group, and along with people of greater European ancestry, comprise about 80% of the population, or even more.
In 2007, Central America had a population of about 40 million persons within an area of 523,780 km2, yielding an overall density of 77.3 inhabitants/km2 that is not distributed evenly. For example, Belize is larger than El Salvador in area by 1,924 km2, but El Salvador has 30 times the population of Belize. Similarly, the population of Costa Rica is greater than that of Panama, while Panama is greater in area. Guatemala has the largest population with 13.2 million, followed by Honduras at 7.8 million.