People > Immigration > Destination countries of nationalities and ethnic groups Stats: compare key data on Belize & United States
Definitions
- Amerindians: Percentage of each country's total population that is Amerindian. Amerindian should not be confused with Native American, as the former are indigenous to all of the Americas, not just the United States.
- Blacks: Percentage of each country's total population that is of African descent.
- Gautemalans: Estimates of number of migrants from Guatemala by country of residence.
- German ancestry: Residents who claim German ancestry. Estimates are based on national censuses.
- Hispanic and Latino: Percentage of each country's total population considered Hispanic/Latino.
- Other races: Percentage of population other than Amerindians, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Multi-ethnics and whites in each country out of total population.
- Percent of population of African descent: Percentage of each country's population that is of African descent. These numbers include people mixed with African descent as well.
SOURCES: Amerindian population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; Black population worldwide. CIA World Factbook 2010; http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/Global_Migrant_Origin_Database_Version_4.xls, Migration, Globalisation & Poverty; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_diaspora#Distribution; Wikipedia: Anglo-America (Ethnic distribution,); CIA World Factbook 2010; Wikipedia: African diaspora (Estimated population and distribution)
