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[[File:Nicaragua boys.jpg|thumb|Nicaraguan High school students at the [[American Nicaraguan School]].]]According to a 2014 research published in the journal ''Genetics and Molecular Biology'', European ancestry predominates in 69% of Nicaraguans, followed by African ancestry in 20%, and lastly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous ancestry]] in 11%.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Mauro Salzano, Francisco |author2=Sans, Mónica |title=Interethnic admixture and the evolution of Latin American populations|journal=Genetics and Molecular Biology|date=2014|volume=37|issue=1 (suppl)|pages=151–170|doi=10.1590/s1415-47572014000200003|pmid=24764751 |pmc=3983580}}</ref> A Japanese research of "Genomic Components in America's demography" demonstrated that, on average, the ancestry of Nicaraguans is 58–62% European, 28% Native American, and 14% African, with a very small Near Eastern contribution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4307/35125440893_3566ed7714_o.jpg|title=Genomic Components in America's demography |accessdate=January 8, 2018}}</ref> Non-genetic data from the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'' establish that from Nicaragua's 2016 population of 5,966,798, around 69% are [[mestizoCriollos]], [[Mestizos]] 17% [[White Latin American|white]], 5% Native American, and 9% [[Afro-Latin American|black and other races]].<ref name=cia/> This fluctuates with changes in migration patterns. The population is 58% urban {{As of|2013|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS|title=Urban population (% of total)|publisher=[[World Bank]]|accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>