Demographics of Nicaragua

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According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects, Nicaragua has a population of 6,850,540. According to Morera-Bernal (2006) the genetic genepool of nicaraguans ir 47% European ancestry, 37%, Indigenous ancestry and 17% African ancestry. A 2014 study published in the journal Genetics and Molecular Biology, European ancestry predominates in 69% of Nicaraguans, followed by African ancestry in 20%, and lastly Indigenous ancestry in 11%. A Japanese research of "Genomic Components in America's demography" demonstrated that, on average, the ancestry of Nicaraguans is 58% European, 28% Native American, and 14% African, with a very small Near Eastern contribution. Non-genetic data from the CIA World Factbook establishes that from Nicaragua's 2016 population of 5,966,798, around 69% are mestizo, 17% white, 5% Native American, and 9% black. This fluctuates with changes in migration patterns. The population is 58% urban as of 2013. Following the Sandinista revolution in 1979, many...

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