European Costa Rican

European Costa Rican
Total population
3,597,000^[1]^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Costa Rica (Approx. 2,205,000^[1])
Languages
Costa Rican Spanish, English
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
White Latin American, White Caribbean

Costa Rican people of European descent or White Costa Ricans are people from Costa Rica whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Spain. According to DNA studies, around 45% of the population have some level of white ancestry.^[1]

References and footnotes

1 2 3 "Ticos tenemos más de africanos y chinos de lo que se pensaba" [Costa Rica has more Africans and Chinese than was thought]. Nacion.com. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
↑ http://www.crhoy.com/costa-rica-es-multirracial-ultimo-censo-lo-pone-en-evidencia/

White people

Caucasian race European peoples West Asian peoples North African peoples Bold refers to countries in which White/European people are the majority group

Worldwide diaspora, descendants and immigrants	Africa Algeria Angola Botswana Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Morocco Namibia Saint Helena South Africa Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe United States Canada Bermuda Bahamas Barbados Cayman Islands Israel Jamaica Latin America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela Oceania Australia New Caledonia New Zealand

Historical concepts	Aryan First white child Honorary whites Play the white man Racial whitening Branqueamento / Blanqueamiento White Australia policy The White Man's Burden

Sociological phenomena and theories	Acting white (Passing as white) Angry white male Missing white woman syndrome Skin whitening White flight South African farm attacks White guilt White privilege Whiteness studies Whitewashed film roles White savior

White American caricatures and stereotypes	Poor Whites Redlegs Rednecks Mountain whites

Identity politics in the United States	US definitions of whiteness One-drop rule Non-Hispanic whites White Anglo-Saxon Protestant White ethnic White Hispanic White nationalism White pride White separatism

Biological anthropology	Human skin color Color terminology for race Alpine Armenoid Dinaric East Baltic Irano-Afghan Mediterranean

Commons

Ancestry and ethnicity in Costa Rica

Costa Ricans	Mestizo

European	Italian Spanish Swedish German

Afro-Costa Rican	Mulatto

Americas	Americans Colombians Mexicans Nicaraguans

Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica	Boruca Bribri Maleku Movere Naso Ngäbe

Asians	Chinese Jew

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European Costa Rican

See also

References and footnotes