TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Human Inhabitants

Indigenous Population in Selected Latin American Countries

Country

# of Ethnic Groups

Estimated Indigenous Population

Bolivia

31

171,227

Brazil

200

213,352

Colombia

52

70,000

Ecuador

6

94,700

Peru

60

300,000

Guyana

9

40,000

Suriname

5

7,400

Venezuela

16

386,700



Suggested reading
  • The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey Of Richard Evans Schultes by Andrew Weil, Chris Murray, and Wade Davis
  • Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis
  • Last Place on Earth by Mike Fay and Michael Nichols
  • One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis by Wade Davis



  • Continued: People of the Rainforest

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