The low point in Native population was about 1900, under 250,000. We have been expanding ever since. Today there are about 7 million Natives in the US, which is still far below the 12 to 18 million in 1492 that there were in what became the continental US. read more
In Latin America there's certainly no shortage of Native people. Most Latin Americans have Native ancestry, though there is often pressure to deny it. There are at least 60 million Latin American Indians, and Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador are majority Indian. read more
Native Americans - Past, Present and Future When settlers first came to the Americas, Native Americans comprised 100 percent of the population here. Today, they account for roughly one percent of the total population. read more