Bolivia 4,283,200
Ecuador 3,340,000
Guatemala 4,200,000
Mexico 23,500,000 (roughly 29% of Mexico's population, and
49% of Latin America's Amerind population)
Peru 10,288,850
Argentina 197,500
Brazil 220,000
Colombia 500,000
Costa Rica 32,000
Chile 925,000
Salvador 293,000
Honduras 245,000
Micaragua 152,000
Panama 126,480
Paraguay 66,662
Venezuela 331,929
Antilles 215,000
Guyana 38,367
Suriname 4,850
Distribution of Mexican groups as of 1982 (Source: Handbook of Middle-
American Indians, Univ. of Texas Press, and Summer Institute of Linguistics,
Wycliffe Bible Translators):
Acaxee Northwest Extinct Amuzgo Pacific coast 25,000 Aztec Central/South 1,000,000 Chatino Pacific coast 21,000 Chinantec South 63,000 Chocho' South 2,500 Chol (Maya) South 80,000 Chontal South 60,000 Chuj (Maya) South 16,000 Cochimi Northwest Extinct Cocopa Northwest 900 Cora Northwest 8,000 Cuicatec South 16,000 Cuitlatec South Extinct Huastec (Maya) Gulf coast 80,000 Huave Isthmus Tehuantepec 20,000 Huichol Northwest 8,000 Ixcatec South Nearly extinct Jova Northwest Extinct Jumanos Northwest Extinct Kanjobal (Maya) South 50,000 Kiliwa Northwest Nearly extinct Lacandon (Maya) South 200 Mam (Maya) South 250,000 Masahua Central Unknown Matlazinca Central 2,200 Maya (Yucatec) Southeast 540,000 Mayo Northwest 30,000 Mazatec South 108,000 Mixe South 63,500 Mixtec South 218,500 Opata Northwest Unkown Otomi Central 250,000 Papago Northwest Unknown Pima Northwest 1,000 + Popoloca South 23,500 Popoluca Southeast 26,000 Seri Northwest 400 Suma Northwest Extinct Tarahumara Northwest 53,000 Tarascan Western 60,000 Teco (Maya) South 5,000 Tepehuan Northwest 19,000 Tipai Northwest 600 Tlapanec (Maya) South 40,000 Tojolobal(Maya) South 14,000 Totonac Gulf coast 174,000 Trique South 13,500 Tubar Northwest 100 Tzeltal (Maya) South 45,000 Tzotzil (Maya) South 111,000 Yaqui Northwest 18,000 Zapotec South 309,000 Zoque South 5,352
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