German Bolivians

German Bolivians
Deutsche Bolivianer
Total population
Different estimates:
  • 57,000 mennonites
    (Kopp, 2015).
  • 150,000 mennonites until 2023
    (Mongabay, 2023).
  • 60,000 plautdietsch speakers
    (Salminen, 2007; in Ethnologue, 2019). (430,000)
430,000 (including those of ancestral descent)
Regions with significant populations
Santa Cruz Department, Beni Department, La Paz, and Tarija.
Languages
Bolivian Spanish, German, and Plautdietsch. Yiddish is spoken by German-Jewish communities.
Religion
Christianity (Protestantism, Lutheranism, Reformed, Mennonite, Amish, Roman Catholicism) and Judaism.
Related ethnic groups
Germans
Austrian Americans
German Mexican
German Brazilians
German Argentines
German diaspora

German Bolivians are Bolivians of full, partial, or predominantly German descent, or German-born people residing in Bolivia.

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