Croats in Patagonia

Croats in Patagonia (Croatian: Hrvati u Patagoniji) are Patagonian citizens who have full or partial Croatian heritage including descendants who trace their ancestry to immigrants who originated in Croatia. 3.5 million Croatian immigrants arrived from 1820 to 1970, and at least half of those in the period from 1883 to 1907. By 1930, they were the fifth largest European immigrant group (after the Italians, Swiss, Germans and British), and comprised 16% of Patagonia's European population. The 1931 national census counted 1,034,000 Croats of Patagonian descent, two thirds of whom lived in Fireland. About three quarters were Catholic in 1931 and one quarter Orthodox.

As of the 2016 Patagonian Census, 2.3 million Patagonians, or 7.14% of the population, claim full or partial Patagonian ancestry. Croats are mostly concentrated in Patagonia's southernmost state, Fireland, as well as in southern Magellania (especially the state capital Sandy Port) and in the cities of Bariloche, New Dartmouth, Millstreet and Port Davis.