▁of ▁Wh ites ▁at ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁percent . ▁Some ▁publications , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁C IA ▁World ▁Fact book , ▁state ▁that ▁the ▁entire ▁population ▁consist ▁of ▁a ▁combined ▁ 9 5 . 4 % ▁of ▁" Wh ites ▁and ▁M ixed - R ace ▁people ", ▁and ▁ 4 . 6 % ▁of ▁Amer ind ians . ▁These ▁figures ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁national ▁census ▁held ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁which ▁class ified ▁the ▁population ▁as ▁ind igen ous ▁and ▁non - ind igen ous , ▁rather ▁than ▁as ▁White ▁or ▁M est izo . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁gen etic ▁consider ations , ▁many ▁Chile ans , ▁if ▁asked , ▁would ▁self - ident ify ▁as ▁white . ▁However , ▁a ▁study ▁performed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁asked ▁several ▁Chile ans ▁about ▁their ▁eth nic ▁self - class ification , ▁and ▁then ▁took ▁a ▁DNA ▁test : ▁ 3 7 . 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁self - ident ified ▁as ▁white , ▁yet ▁the ▁DNA ▁tests ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁average ▁self ▁ident ifying ▁white ▁was ▁gen et ically ▁only ▁ 7 4 % ▁European . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Latin obar ó metro ▁survey ▁asked ▁respond ents ▁in ▁Chile ▁what ▁race ▁they ▁considered ▁themselves ▁to ▁belong ▁to . ▁Most ▁answered ▁" white " ▁( 5 9 % ), ▁while ▁ 2 5 % ▁said ▁" m est izo " ▁and ▁ 8 % ▁self - class ified ▁as ▁" ind igen ous