AFROMESTIZO

THE THIRD ROOT

African Heritage of Central America

By Kent C. Williams

©2001 - Kent C. Williams, Santa Rosa, California

Black Population of Central America (1995 estimate)

Guatemala                             110,000 (1%)

El Salvador                            Now fully amalgamated into mestizo population group.

Honduras                              110,000 (2%)

Nicaragua                             379,000 (9%)

Costa Rica                            103,000 (3%)

Panama                                  376,000 (14%)

Belize                                      81,000 (30%)

Total:                                     1,159,000*  (approx. 4% of the population of Central America)                              

* Does not include the 75,000 Garifuna or 85,000 Miskitos in Honduras and Nicaragua, as well as millions of Afromestizos of mixed native American, African and European descent.

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