Editing Mestizo (section)

===Colombia===
{{Main|Mestizo Colombians}}
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|caption = Genetic ancestry of Mestizo Colombians according to Rojas et al (2010)<ref name=Rojas2010/>
|label1 = [[Indigenous peoples of Colombia|Amerindian]]
|value1 = 47
|color1 = #CE1126
|label2 = [[White People|European]]
|value2 = 42
|color2 = #003893
|label3 = [[Afro-Colombians|African]]
|value3 = 11
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[[Colombia]] whose land was named after explorer [[Christopher Columbus]] is the product of the interacting and mixing of the European [[conquistador]]s and colonist with the different Amerindian peoples of Colombia. With the arrival of Europeans came the arrival of the enslaved Africans, whose cultural element was mostly introduced into the coastal areas of Colombia. To this day, [[Afro-Colombians]] form a majority in several coastal regions of the country.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Over time Colombia has become a primarily Mestizo country due to limited immigration from Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, with the minorities being: the [[mulatto]]es and [[pardo]]s, both mixed race groups of significant partial African ancestry who live primarily in coastal regions among other Afro-Colombians; and pockets of Amerindians living around the rural areas and the Amazonian Basin regions of the country.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Estimates of the Mestizo or Mixed population in Colombia vary, as Colombia's national census does not distinguish between [[White people|White]] and Mestizo Colombians. According to the 2018 census, the Mestizo and White population combined make up approximately 87% of the Colombian population, while an estimated 49–60% of Colombians are Mestizo or mixed race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geoportal del DANE - Geovisor CNPV 2018|url=https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018|website=geoportal.dane.gov.co|access-date=2021-08-05|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427211843/https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> A study by Rojas et al. reported an average of 47% Amerindian, 42% European, and 11% African.<ref name="Rojas2010">{{Cite journal |last1=Rojas |first1=Winston |last2=Parra |first2=Maria V |last3=Campo |first3=Omer |last4=Caro |first4=María Antonieta |date=September 2010 |title=Genetic Make Up and Structure of Colombian Populations by Means of Uniparental and Biparental DNA Markers |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45822469 |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=143 |issue=1 |pages=13–20 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.21270 |pmid=20734436 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref> A genetic study conducted by Criollo at el estimates that the average admixture for [[Mestizo Colombians]] is 50.8% European, 40.7% Amerindian, and 8.5% African ancestry, however this varies significantly across region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.02.23286692v1|title=Colorectal Cancer Risk and Ancestry in Colombian admixed Populations|first1=Angel|last1=Criollo-Rayo|first2=Mabel Elena|last2=Bohórquez|first3=Paul|last3=Lott|first4=Angel|last4=Carracedo|first5=Ian|last5=Tomlinson|first6=Jorge Mario|last6=Castro|first7=Gilbert|last7=Mateus|first8=Daniel|last8=Molina|first9=Catalina Rubio|last9=Vargas|first10=Carlos|last10=Puentes|first11=Chibcha|last11=Consortium|first12=Magdalena|last12=Echeverry|first13=Luis|last13=Carvajal|date=2 March 2023|via=medRxiv|doi=10.1101/2023.03.02.23286692}}</ref>