Asian Latin Americans

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Asian Latin Americans

Asiáticolatinoamericanos
Total population
c. 6,607,730 approximately
Regions with significant populations
Brazil	2,084,288 (self-identified East Asian ancestry)[1][2]
Peru	1,461,638 estimated[3][4][5] 36,841 self-reported[4]
Mexico	1,000,000
Venezuela	500,000
Argentina	344,130
Colombia	213,910
Panama	140,000
Cuba	114,240[6]
Dominican Republic	52,000
Paraguay	51,000
Guatemala	27,000
Chile	25,000
Ecuador	17,080
Bolivia	15,000
Nicaragua	14,000[7]
Costa Rica	9,170[8]
Puerto Rico	6,390
Uruguay	4,000
El Salvador	3,271 (self-reported; 20,000 estimated)
Honduras	2,609[9]
Languages
European Languages: Spanish · Portuguese · English Asian Languages: Chinese · Japanese · Korean · Filipino · Vietnamese · Thai · Malay · Arabic · Hindustani (Hindi) · Tamil · Telugu · Punjabi · Bengali
Religion
Christianity · Buddhism · Taoism · Shintoism · Islam · Zoroastrianism · Hinduism · Sikhism · Jainism
Related ethnic groups
Latino, Hispanic, Asian, Filipinos, Spaniards, Portuguese, European Latin Americans, Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latin American Asian, Asian Caribbean, Chinese Caribbeans

Asian Latin Americans (sometimes Asian-Latinos) are Latin Americans of Asian descent. Asian immigrants to Latin America have largely been from East Asia or West Asia.^[10] 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.^[1][11] The country is also home to a large percentage of West Asian descendants.^[12] With as much as 5% of their population having some degree of Chinese ancestry, Peru and Mexico have the highest ratio of any country for East Asian descent.^[3] Though the most recent official census, which relied on self-identification, gave a much lower percentage.^[4][13]

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.