Ethnic groups in Brazil
"It should be assumed that this way the
Brazilian population will be homogenised,
so that in future all people will share a
common multiracial genetic heritage. In
Brazil, nobody is surprised with the
shades of colors of the children of same
parents, who often varie from the dark
mulatto to the lightest-skinned white, or
combine smooth and black Indian hair and
curly of Blacks, or silky of Whites, in all
possible ways, with different eyes and
mouth shapes, nose conformations or pro-
portions of the hands and feet. In fact,
each Brazilian family of earlier extraction
portrays the phenotype characteristics
from its nearest or more remote ancestors
of the three main roots. All these matrices
being conducted in their genetic heritage,
Brazilians have become able to have chil-
dren who are as diverse as the faces of
the human being."
O Povo Brasileiro, Darcy Ribeiro, , pag
16.[1]
Brazil is a racially diverse and multiracial
country.[2]
Intermarriage among different
ethnic groups has been part of the country’s
history, and most Brazilians can trace their
origin to European, Amerindian, and African
ancestors.
Ethnic groups
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and
Statistics (IBGE) classifies the Brazilian pop-
ulation in five categories: white, black, pardo
(brown), yellow, and Indigenous, based on
skin color as given by the individual being in-
terviewed in the census.
• White (49.7% of the population):[3] usually
a Brazilian of full or predominant
European ancestry or other ancestry (such
as German Brazilian) who considers
himself or herself to be White.
• Pardo or Brown (42.6%):[3] usually a
Multiracial Brazilian of mixed-race
features who considers himself or herself
to be "Pardo". In practice, this includes
people of mixed European and African
(mulatos), European and Amerindian
(caboclos), or Amerindian and African
(cafusos) genetic ancestry[4].
• Black (6.9%):[3] usually a dark-skinned
Brazilian of Black African ancestry who
considers himself or herself to be Black.
• Yellow: (0.5%) usually