COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths in Indigenous (I) and non-Indigenous (NI) populations
| Country/source | Indigenous population or representative organisation where data were acquired | Estimated population | Percentage of total population | Confirmed cases (per 100 000) | Rate of cases (I/IN) | Deaths (per 100 000) | Rate of deaths (I/IN) | Case fatality ratio (CFR) | Rate of CFR (I/NI) | ||||
| NI | I | NI | I | NI | I | NI | I | ||||||
| Australia17 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders | 25 706 889 | 798 365 | 3.11 | 107.72 | 17.79 | 0.17 | 3.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Brazil18 | Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation | 210 147 125 | 900 000 | 0.43 | 2870.17 | 4425.11 | 1.54 | 80.09 | 77.00 | 0.96 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.79 |
| Canada19 | First Nations | 37 894 799 | 1 400 685 | 3.7 | 874.72 | 274.20 | 0.31 | 89.93 | 2.94 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.10 |
| Colombia20 | Organizacion Nacional Indigena de Colombia | 50 662 678 | 1 450 000 | 2.86 | 2399.25 | 2268.62 | 0.95 | 45.21 | 83.38 | 1.84 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1.95 |
| Ecuador21 | The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon | 17 080 000 | 4 600 000 | 26.93 | 1069.76 | 70.20 | 0.07 | 76.82 | 2.26 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.45 |
| Mexico22 | Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas | 126 000 000 | 15 894 007 | 12.61 | 825.54 | 90.49 | 0.11 | 80.30 | 9.80 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1.11 |
| New Zealand23 | Māori | 5 002 100 | 850 357 | 17.00 | 36.84 | 21.99 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 1.18 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.97 |
| Peru (total population)24 | CDC-Peru | 29 381 884 | 212 823 | 0.72 | 3143.32 | 12681.90 | 4.03 | 120.76 | 74.71 | 0.62 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.15 |
| Peru (Ucayali region)25 | Propurús | 439 975 | 36 774 | 8.36 | 3523.84 | 4671.78 | 1.33 | 70.69 | 304.56† | 4.31 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 3.25 |
| USA26 | Navajo Nation | 329 735 879 | 356 890 | 0.11 | 3754.71 | 4213.90 | 1.12 | 77.92 | 176.81 | 2.27 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 2.02 |
| USA (23 states only)27‡ | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 329 735 879 | 2 308 151 | 0.70 | 169.00 | 594.00 | 3.51 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| USA (1 May–31 August only)28§ | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 329 735 879 | 2 308 151 | 0.70 | NA | NA | NA | 34.25 | 64.42 | 1.88 | NA | NA | NA |
Indigenous populations are estimated from total population or from their representative organisation until 24 November 2020.
*Cases reported for Indigenous people in the Ucayali region.
†Self-reported by Indigenous leaders in the Ucayali region up to 30 July 2020. CFR is calculated as number of deaths/cases.
‡Cases reported for American Indians and Alaskan Natives from 23 states.
§Deaths reported from 1 May to 31 August only.
NA, not available.