Afro-European
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| Afro-European |
|---|
| Total population |
|
4 million |
| Regions with significant populations |
| United Kingdom, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, others |
| Languages |
| Arabic, Kabyle, English, Caribbean English, Somali, French, others |
| Religions |
| Christianity, Islam, others |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Capoid, Congoid, Bantu, Khoisan, Negroid, Afro-Carribean, African, Afro-Latin American and African American |
An Afro-European, Afropean or Black European refers to people of African ancestry, racial, cultural and social heritage raised in any European country. It also refers to Europeans who trace their ancestry to Africa or Africans who emigrated or were transported to any European nation, especially to France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Sweden. There are reported to be 12.5 million people of African descent living in Europe.
The largest populations of people of African ancestry living in Europe are:
France (including overseas depts.): 3,000,000 - 5,000,000[citation needed] as estimated by the Conseil représentatif des associations noires (ethnicity statistics in France are prohibited. 1/4 of the Afro-French people are from the smaller islands of the Caribbean, which are or were French possessions[citation needed])
United Kingdom: 1,668,400 (Half of them are from African-Caribbean background or origin)
Netherlands: 300,000 (mainly Surinamese, but also people from the Netherlands Antilles and Africa)
Germany: 300,000 (150,000 are German-born Africans and the rest are African-born citizens)
Portugal: 100,000 (mostly from former Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly Cape Verde and Angola)
Sweden: 77,500
Spain: ~505,400 Moroccans (the largest group of foreigners living in Spain)
There are also people of African descent living in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and Austria.
