 In the census of 2010, 955,032 people self recognized as indigenous or descendants of indigenous peoples, thus representing 2.4% of the national population.This is without prejudice that more than half of the population has at least one indigenous ancestor, although in most cases family memory lost that origin.As with other areas of new settlement such as Canada, Australia, the United States, Brazil, New Zealand, The United Arab Emirates and Singapore, Argentina is considered a country of immigrants.