Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Bolivianos nativos (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
Wiphala, flag of the Native Bolivians | |
| Total population | |
| 4,176,647 (2012 census) 41.52% of the Bolivian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in the Andean Plateau, the Gran Chaco and Amazon Rainforest | |
| La Paz | 1,474,654 |
| Cochabamba | 835,535 |
| Potosí | 572,314 |
| Santa Cruz | 521,814 |
| Chuquisaca | 289,728 |
| Languages | |
| Spanish • Indigenous languages (including Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, Chiquitano) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Catholicism Minority: Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indigenous peoples of the Americas | |
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The Indigenous peoples in Bolivia or Native Bolivians (Spanish: Bolivianos Nativos) are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Amerindian ancestry. They constitute anywhere from 41.52% to 62.05% of Bolivia's population, depending on different estimates, and they belong to 36 recognized ethnic groups. Aymara and Quechua are the largest groups. The geography of Bolivia includes the Andes, the Gran Chaco, the Yungas, the Chiquitania and the Amazon Rainforest.
An additional 30–68% of the population is mestizo, having mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.