Brazilians constitute a trihybrid population with European, African, and Amerindian roots.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which has conducted censuses in Brazil since 1940, racially classifies the Brazilian population in five categories: Branco (White), "Pardo" (Multiracial), Preto (Black), Amarelo/Asiático (Yellow/Asian), and Indígena (Indigenous).
White 47.7%, Mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%, Black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)
The Portuguese are a Southwestern European population, with origins predominantly from Southern and Western Europe. The earliest modern humans inhabiting Portugal are believed to have been Paleolithic peoples that may have arrived in the Iberian Peninsula as early as 35,000 to 40,000 years ago.
Like all native Europeans, the Portuguese are part of what has been called the Caucasian (or white) race.
Most Brazilians have some degree of Portuguese ancestry: some descend from colonial settlers, while others have recent immigrant Portuguese origin, dating back to anywhere between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries.
What about Brazilians, Portuguese and Filipinos? Are they considered Hispanic? People with ancestries in Brazil, Portugal and the Philippines do not fit the federal government's official definition of “Hispanic” because the countries are not Spanish-speaking.
Although most Brazilians identify as white, mixed or black, genetic studies shows that the overwhelming majority of the citizens are actually triracial at some degree.
According to some DNA researches, Brazilians predominantly possess some degree of mixed-race ancestry, though less than half of the country's population classified themselves as "pardos" in the census.
The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
The main ethnic group in Rio de Janeiro are the Portuguese, the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro has more people of Portuguese descent than Lisbon. People of Portuguese ancestry predominate in most of the state.
In April 1500, Brazil was claimed for Portugal on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral.
Over half of the nation's 215 million inhabitants—56 percent or about 120 million people—are Afro-Brazilian, making the country home to the largest Black population in the Americas.
Latin America." The Stylebook specifically lists Brazilians as an example of a group that can be considered Latino. Latino is traditionally reserved for males or a combination of males and females, and Latina for females.
Australian refers to a nationality rather than a race. In addition to the indigenous Aborigines, many ethnic groups share the Australian nationality.
Yes, they carry more or less the same Haplogroups. This is a Y-DNA Map of indigenous peoples in the world: As you can see from the above map, Portuguese and Spanish people carry overwhelmingly Y-DNA R1B which is the majority Haplogroup of western Europe.
40% of Spanish and Portuguese men descend from a common ancestor who lived 4,500 years ago. These are the conclusions of a study published in the journal Scientific Reports based on DNA samples from almost 3,000 men from the Iberian Peninsula and France. In the Basque Country, the percentage increases to 70%.
Share of population 2012-2021, by ethnicity
According to the most recent national census, approximately 47 percent of the people residing in Brazil identified as pardos (brown-skinned), making it the largest ethnic group in the country.
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river".
The Sex Ratio in Brazil in 2021 is 96.52 males per 100 females. There are 105.10 million males and 108.89 million females in Brazil. The percentage of female population is 50.89% compare to 49.11% male population. Brazil has 3.8 million more females than males.
With a population that hovers around 2,000, the Toto are today considered one of the world's smallest ethnic groups, and, like their fellow Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to Australia, are experiencing the consequences of extractive industries.
Triple Crown, in American horse racing, championship attributed to a three-year-old Thoroughbred that in a single season wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid.