Country

Area in km²

Population
(July 2003 est.)

Races and other groups

United States

9,629,091

about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and a half times the size of Western Europe

290,342,554

· white 77.1%

· black 12.9%

· Asian 4.2%

· Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%

· native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%

· other 4% (2000)

Mexico

1,972,550

slightly less than three times the size of Texas

104,907,991

(25,074,000 Mexicans
in U.S. in 2002)

· mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%

· Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%

· white 9%

· other 1%

Puerto Rico

9,104

slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island

3,885,877

(3,222,000 Puerto
Ricans in U.S. in 2002)

· white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%

· black 8%

· Amerindian 0.4%

· Asian 0.2%

· mixed and other 10.9%

Cuba

110,860

slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

11,263,429

(1,376,000 Cubans
in U.S. in 2002)

· mulatto 51%

· white 37%

· black 11%

· Chinese 1%

Dominican Republic

48,730

slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire

8,715,602

· white 16%

· black 11%

· mixed 73%

Argentina

2,766,890

slightly less than three-tenths the size of the U.S.

38,740,807

· white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%

· mestizo, Amerindian, or other nonwhite groups 3%

Colombia

1,138,910

slightly less than three times the size of Montana

41,662,073

· mestizo 58%

· white 20%

· mulatto 14%

· black 4%

· mixed black-Amerindian 3%

· Amerindian 1%

Spain

504,782

slightly more than twice the size of Oregon

40,217,413

· composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Table 3: Population size and “racial” composition in U.S. and countries that are major sources of Hispanic immigrants to the U.S., as well as some of the other larger “Hispanic countries.” There are around 400 million native Spanish speakers in all “Hispanic countries” combined. Source: The CIA World Factbook 2003.[i]