The Spanish people's genetic pool largely derives from the pre-Roman inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula: Pre-Indo-European and Indo-European speaking pre-Celtic groups: (Iberians, Vettones, Turdetani, Aquitani).
Spain, the third-largest country in Europe, has a majority of its 43,484,000 citizens belonging to four major ethnic groups: Basque, Galician, Castilian, and Catalan. Other ethnic minorities exist as well: Andalusian, Gitanos, Levante, Magyars, and Jews.
According to these definitions, a person from Brazil (where Portuguese is spoken) would be considered Latino (and not Hispanic) and a person from Spain would be considered Hispanic (but not Latino).
As a result of the small percentage of immigrants living in Spain, the country is quite homogeneous. The racially homogeneous character of Spain may make some students feel uncomfortable, particularly when “being different” can elicit stares from some Spaniards.
Spaniards or Spanish people, a national term for people from any part of Spain.
Madrid city center has more nationalities, races, religions, languages than costa del sol, and bigger in numbers. Not only Europeans but also lots of Northern Africans, Black Africans, Iberian-Americans from lots of countries, Asians, etc... Lavapies is the most well-known multicultural neighborhood in Madrid.
The 1775 treatise "The Natural Varieties of Mankind", by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach proposed five major divisions: the Caucasoid race, the Mongoloid race, the Ethiopian race (later termed Negroid), the American Indian race, and the Malayan race, but he did not propose any hierarchy among the races.
The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, constituting over 19% of the global population in 2011. In terms of the largest number of native speakers, Mandarin is the world's most spoken language.
The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid.
Historical origins and genetics
The Spanish people's genetic pool largely derives from the pre-Roman inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula: Pre-Indo-European and Indo-European speaking pre-Celtic groups: (Iberians, Vettones, Turdetani, Aquitani).
Thus, Latino refers to France, Spain, Italy and other regions where these languages are spoken. Nowadays, though, the definition has come to refer to Latin Americans, although its origins can be traced to the former Roman Empire. “All Hispanics are Latinos, but not all Latinos are Hispanics.
The word gachupín is used for Spaniards who live in Mexico and Guatemala as a slur, referring to conquistadors and people from Spain.
While Catholicism is still the largest religion in Spain, most Spaniards—and especially the younger—choose not to follow the Catholic teachings in morals, politics or sexuality, and do not attend Mass regularly.
95% of Spaniards are Catholic and the remaining 5% follow Islam. Catholicism is everywhere and its influence can be seen in churches and museums, of course, but also in everyday life, with religious holidays and festivals. Each city, town and village in Spain has its own patron saint.
Moroccans in Spain are a part of our community, calling cities such as Barcelona, Sevilla, Madrid, and many others home.
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.
Liberia is the most racially diverse country with a racial diversity of 88.9%, followed by Uganda with 88.3%, and Togo with 88%. The remaining most diverse countries in the top ten are Nepal, South Africa, Chad, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and Guinea-Bissau. These countries are predominantly located in Africa.
Life expectancy for Black people was only 70.8 years compared to 76.4 years for White people and 77.7 years for Hispanic people. It was highest for Asian people at 83.5 years and lowest for AIAN people who had a life expectancy of 65.2 years.
Abstract. Using gene frequency data for 62 protein loci and 23 blood group loci, we studied the genetic relationship of the three major races of man, Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid.
There are currently 1,301,296 people residents in Spain who were born in countries of the African continent, excluding the 1,802,810 born in Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands which are Spanish provinces or part of Andalucia such is the case with Ceuta and Melilla. They are geographically located in Africa.
Nowadays, Madrid and Barcelona are home to the largest Chinese communities of Spain.