Latin American diaspora

Latin American diaspora
Total population
c. 650 million worldwide[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States +50,000,000[2][3]
 Spain +1,700,000[4]
 Canada 723,390[5]
 Japan +345,000'[6]
 United Kingdom 186,500[7]
 Portugal ~100,000[8]
 Australia 93,795[9]

The Latin American diaspora refers to the dispersion of Latin Americans out of their homelands in Latin America and the communities subsequently established by them across the world.

Latin American diaspora in Africa

Historically, Latin Americans have migrated to African countries over the course of colonization by Spain and in the aftermath of wars. Equatorial Guinea, whose official language is Spanish, experienced an influx of Spanish migrants as it was once a Spanish colony. Some Cuban soldiers who served in the Angolan Civil War stayed in Angola afterwards. Brazilians have moved to Angola and Mozambique, former Portuguese colonies.

Latin American diaspora in Canada and the United States

Canada and the United States are popular destinations for Latin American immigrants. The United States is home to 55 million Hispanic and Latino Americans, representing 16% of the US population. Meanwhile, Canada is home to over 300,000 Latino and Hispanic residents. (These numbers are majority descendants and minority immigrants)

Latin American diaspora in Canada

Latin American diaspora in the United States

Over 55 million Hispanic and Latino Americans are residents of the United States, representing 16% of the US population. Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Spanish: hispanos [isˈpanos], latinos) are American citizens who are descendants of immigrants from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and the Iberian peninsula.[10][11][12] More generally, it includes all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, whether of full or partial ancestry.[13][14][15][16] For the 2010 US census, the American Community Survey, "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census or ACS questionnaire ("Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban") as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." The peoples of countries considered as Hispanic or Latino American groups by the Census Bureau were the following: Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.[17] The Census office of the United States excluded Brazilian Americans from the Hispanic and Latino American population (Brazil is part of Latin America, but Portuguese is the official language rather than Spanish).[18][19] Other US government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term, including Brazilians and other Portuguese-speaking groups.

Latin American diaspora in Europe

Latin American migration to Europe is the diaspora of Latin Americans to the continent of Europe, dating back to the early 19th century. Latin Americans in Europe are a rapidly growing group consisting of immigrants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.

In 2015, more than 5 million Latin Americans lived in Europe, mostly in Spain, representing 1% of the total population of the European Union.

Latin Americans migrate to the European Union for the following reasons:

  • European countries commonly have multicultural societies and there is no feeling of Hispanophobia as observed in other countries.[20][21][22] Europeans welcome Hispanics/Latinos as a source of workers, scientists, tourist, buyers of goods, houses and lands, as part of their society.
  • Universities are tuition-free or significantly cheaper than other countries (like the United States).
  • Study loans are widely available.

Latin American diaspora in Asia

Mexicans[23] and Peruvians[24] have immigrated to the Philippines since Spanish colonial rule. One in three inhabitants of the Filipino island of Luzon have partial Latino descent.[25] Furthermore, about 1.2 million citizens of Zamboanga City, Mindanao, speak Chavacano, a creole language based on Mexican-Spanish.[26]

The most significant Latino diaspora in Japan is Peruvian, followed by the Bolivian diaspora. Migration of South Americans to Japan was significant after the Second World War.

Latin countriesImmigrants to Japan
Peru57,464
Colombia 37,500
Bolivia6,094
Paraguay2,240
Mexico1,995

Latin American diaspora in Oceania

Chile, Colombia and El Salvador have significant diasporas in Australia.[27]

CountryImmigrants in Australia
Chile26 204
Colombia 21 000
El Salvador10 563

See also

References

  1. ↑ Based on recent estimates, as of 2010. Sources by country: Argentina "Proyecciones provinciales de población por sexo y grupos de edad 2001–2015" (PDF). Gustavo Pérez (in Spanish). INDEC. p. 16. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-06-24. ; Australia Australian Bureau of Statistics 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia; Bolivia "Bolivia". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2010. ; Brazil Brazil 2009 Estimate IGBE: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 2 January 2010; Canada 2006 census"Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-10. ; Colombia "Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística". Dane.gov.co. Retrieved 2017-05-28. ; Costa Rica "Costa Rica". CIA The World Factbook. ; Cuba Anuario Estadístico de Cuba 2008. Edición 2009 Archived 16 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine., Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, República de Cuba. Accessed on May 19, 2010; Dominican Republic "Presidencia de la República; Generalidades". Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2009. ; Ecuador Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 2009-03-12. ; El Salvador"UNdata El Salvador". UN. 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-04. ; Guatemala"Demographic Information 2010". INE. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-23. ; Mexico "INEGI Datos oficiales censo de población 2010". INEGI. 2010-06-12. Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2010-11-27. ; Paraguay Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 2009-03-12. ; Peru Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) del PerúINEI. Retrieved on June 10, 2010; Portugal POPULAÇÃO ESTRANGEIRA EM TERRITÓRIO NACIONAL, SERVIÇO DE ESTRANGEIROS E FRONTEIRAS 2008; Spain INE, Revisión del Padrón municipal 2007. Datos a nivel nacional, comunidad autónoma y provincia. (in Spanish); INE, Notas de Prensa 2008 (in Spanish); Uruguay Central Intelligence Agency. "Uruguay". The World Factbook. Retrieved January 5, 2010. ; USA (Self-identified ethnicity rather than birthplace) "Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2007" (PDF). Pew Hispanic Center. Retrieved 2009-04-13. ; "United States - Selected Population Profile in the United States (Brazilian (360-364))". 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ↑ (Self-identified ethnicity rather than birthplace) "Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2007" (PDF). Pew Hispanic Center. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  3. ↑ "United States - Selected Population Profile in the United States (Brazilian (360-364))". 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  4. ↑ Foreign population in Spain (2009), Spanish National Statistics Institute press report, INE (Spain). June 3, 2009. (Spanish)
  5. ↑ 2006 census"Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Registered Foreigners in Japan by Nationality" (PDF). Statistics Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "No Longer Invisible: The Latin American community in London" (PDF). Trust for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  8. ↑ POPULAÇÃO ESTRANGEIRA EM TERRITÓRIO NACIONAL, SERVIÇO DE ESTRANGEIROS E FRONTEIRAS 2008;
  9. ↑ "Redirect to Census data page". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Luis Fraga; John A. Garcia (2010). Latino Lives in America: Making It Home. Temple University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4399-0050-5.
  11. ↑ Nancy L. Fisher (1996). Cultural and Ethnic Diversity: A Guide for Genetics Professionals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8018-5346-3.
  12. ↑ Robert H. Holden; Rina Villars (2012). Contemporary Latin America: 1970 to the Present. John Wiley & Sons. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-118-27487-3.
  13. ↑ "49 CFR Part 26". Retrieved 2012-10-22. 'Hispanic Americans,' which includes persons of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, Cuban, Dominican-, Central or South American, or other Spanish, culture or origin, regardless of race;
  14. ↑ "US Small Business Administration 8(a) Program Standard Operating Procedure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2012-10-22. SBA has defined 'Hispanic American' as an individual whose ancestry and culture are rooted in South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or the Iberian Peninsula, including Spain and Portugal.
  15. ↑ Humes, Karen R.; Jones, Nicholas A.; Ramirez, Roberto R. "Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-03-28. "Hispanic or Latino" refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race.
  16. ↑ "American FactFinder Help: Hispanic or Latino origin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  17. ↑ "PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Universe: Total population, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 14 October 2015. This page of the US Census bureau is about the reported ethnicities of United States in 2014. The page indicates the number of American people (or residents in United States) identifying as of different national origins.
  18. ↑ US Census Bureau 2014 American Community Survey B03001 1-Year Estimates HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN retrieved October 18, 2015. Number of people of Hispanic and Latino Origin by specific origin(except people of Brazilian origin).
  19. ↑ "PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Universe: Total population, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 14 October 2015. This page of the US Census bureau is about the reported ethnicities of United States in 2014. The page indicates the number of American people (or residents in United States) identifying as of different national origins. The page included the people from Brazil but excluded the people who indicated origins classified by the Census Bureau as "Hispanic or Latino".
  20. ↑ "The Hispanophobia of the Official English movement in the US." A.C. Zentella. International journal of the sociology of language 1997, no 127 (1 p.1/4), pp. 71-86
  21. ↑ " Biological categories and border controls: the revival of eugenics in anti-immigration rhetoric." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy Volume 18, Number 56, 1998 , pp. 35-63(29) Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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  23. ↑ Letter from Fajardo to Felipe III From Manila, August 15 1620.(From the Spanish Archives of the Indies) ("The infantry does not amount to two hundred men, in three companies. If these men were that number, and Spaniards, it would not be so bad; but, although I have not seen them, because they have not yet arrived here, I am told that they are, as at other times, for the most part boys, mestizos, and mulattoes, with some Indians (Native Americans). There is no little cause for regret in the great sums that reënforcements of such men waste for, and cost, your Majesty. I cannot see what betterment there will be until your Majesty shall provide it, since I do not think, that more can be done in Nueva Spaña, although the viceroy must be endeavoring to do so, as he is ordered.")
  24. ↑ "Second Book of the Second Part of the Conquests of the Filipinas Islands, and Chronicle of the Religious of Our Father, St. Augustine" (Zamboanga City History) "He (Governor Don Sebastían Hurtado de Corcuera) brought a great reënforcements of soldiers, many of them from Perú, as he made his voyage to Acapulco from that kingdom."
  25. ↑ Jagor, Fëdor, et al. (1870). The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes
  26. ↑ Spanish creole: Quilis, Antonio (1996), La lengua española en Filipinas (PDF), Cervantes virtual, p. 54 and 55
  27. ↑ http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/E0A79B147EA8E0B5CA2572AC001813E8/$File/34120_2005-06.pdf
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