Asian Latin Americans

Asian Latin Americans are Latin Americans of Asian descent. Asian immigrants to Latin America have largely been from East Asia or West Asia. Historically, Asians in Latin America have a centuries-long history in the region, starting with Filipinos in the 16th century. The peak of Asian immigration occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries. There are currently more than four million Asian Latin Americans, nearly 1% of Latin America's population. Chinese, Japanese, and Lebanese are the largest Asian ancestries; other major ethnic groups include Filipinos, Syrians, Indians, and Koreans. Brazil is home to the largest population of East Asian descent, estimated at 2.08 million. The country is also home to a large percentage of West Asian descendants. With as much as 5% of their population having some degree of Chinese ancestry, Peru has the highest ratio of any country for East Asian descent. Though the most recent official census, which relied on self-identification, gave a much lower percentage.

For the Latino population of Asian descent living in or native to the United States, see Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans. For the population in Asia of Latin American descent, see Latin American Asian.

Asian Latin Americans
Total population
c. 6,607,730 approximately
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil2,084,288 (self-identified East Asian ancestry)
 Peru1,461,638 estimated 36,841 self-reported
 Mexico1,000,000
 Venezuela500,000
 Argentina344,130
 Colombia213,910
 Panama140,000
 Cuba114,240
 Dominican Republic52,000
 Paraguay51,000
 Guatemala27,000
 Chile25,000
 Ecuador17,080
 Bolivia15,000
 Nicaragua14,000
 Costa Rica9,170
 Puerto Rico6,390
 Uruguay4,000
 El Salvador3,271(self-reported; 20,000 estimated)
 Honduras2,609
 Haiti<1,000
Languages
European Languages:
English · Spanish · Portuguese
Asian Languages:
Arabic · Chinese · Hindustani (Hindi) · Tamil · Telugu · Japanese · Korean · Malay · Thai · Punjabi · Filipino · Bengali · Vietnamese
Religion
Buddhism · Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Shintoism · Sikhism · Taoism · Zoroastrianism · Jainism · African diaspora religions
Related ethnic groups
Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Filipinos, Spaniards, Portuguese, European Latin Americans, Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latin American Asian, Asian Caribbean, Chinese Caribbeans

There has been notable emigration from these communities in recent decades, so that there are now hundreds of thousands of people of Asian Latin American origin in both Japan and the United States.

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