Afro-European

The term Afro-European, Black European or Afro European refers to Europeans who trace at least part of their ancestry to Sub Saharan Africa, mostly to former colonies.

Summer Carnival in Rotterdam

The concept of "Afro-Europeans" is modeled after African Americans by associations and movements militating in favor of equal opportunities for black and mixed-race people from overseas territories and Europe.

European Union

In the European Union as of 2018, there is a record of approximately 9.3 million people of Sub Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean descent, comprising around 2% of the total population, with over half located in France. The countries with the largest African population in Europe are:

CountryPopulationComments / source
France5,500,000[1]Estimate as the French State does not allow collection of racial or national origin statistics. Most have roots in the former French colonies in Africa, with around 800,000 having roots in the French Caribbean islands
Italy720,000[2]Estimate making use of current sub-saharan born population (484,058) and approximate progeny born and their descendants based on historical migration and birth statistics
Spain680,000[3]Approximated using statistics on foreign born persons to estimate full and partial descendants based on birth statistics.There are 270,000 born in Sub Saharan Africa and an additional 200,000 born in African Majority Latin America (Dominican Republic). Most are former Spanish colonies in Latin America and Equatorial Guinea, also includes many contract workers from Africa.
Netherlands550,000[4]Approximated using statistics on foreign born persons to estimate full and partial descendants based on birth statistics. Most have roots from former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean.
Germany494,000[5]Sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants, alongside any by racial or mixed race of African heritage account for 494,000 people, with Egyptians/Algerians/Moroccans and similar North Africans comprising an additional 442,000.
Belgium450,000[6]Estimate making use of current sub-saharan born population (188,137) and approximate progeny born and their descendants based on historical migration and birth statistics. Most have roots in the former Belgian colonies of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi as well as other French-speaking African countries.
Portugal450,000[7]Approximated using statistics on foreign born persons to estimate full and partial descendants based on birth statistics. Most have roots from former Portuguese colonies in Africa [8]
Sweden301,370[9]Sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants, alongside any by racial or mixed race of African heritage are counted. Consists mostly of recent immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Most of them are from Somalia, Eritrea and countries around. Some French and British nationals of African descent can be found in Malmö and Stockholm.
Republic of Ireland64,639[10]Sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants, alongside any by racial or mixed race of African heritage are counted. 2016 Census is used.
Denmark 52,795[11] Sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants, alongside any by racial or mixed race of African heritage are counted.
Finland40,000[12]Estimate making use of current Sub-Saharan born population (28,543) and approximate progeny born and their descendants based on historical migration and birth statistics. There exists a large community of Somalis in Helsinki.
Austria 35,000[13] Estimate making use of current Sub-Saharan born population (30,467) and approximate progeny born and their descendants based on historical migration and birth statistics.

The remaining 15 states of the European Union have fewer than 60,000 individuals of Sub-Saharan African descent altogether. As countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania and Greece have received little to no immigration from Sub Saharan Africa or interaction that would have caused the formation of black or mixed race communities. Black populations, inclusive of descendants, mixed race people, and temporary students, number fewer than 4,000 in each of these states.

The United Kingdom has approximately 2.5 million black people, inclusive of mixed race, according to the 2011 Census. Switzerland and Norway have 114,000 and 134,000 people of Sub Saharan descent, respectively; primarily composed of refugees and their descendants[14].

The East Slavic and West Balkan states along with Turkey have negligible populations of Black people, numbering fewer than 40,000 altogether; primarily composed of foreign students from Africa mostly in Universities in Turkey and Russia.[15]

Altogether, from these estimates and statistics there are roughly 12.1 million Black people in Europe. With over two-thirds from the United Kingdom or France.

If North Africans, who are of Berber or Arab ancestry, were to be included, this estimate would double to nearly 22 million.

More than 1,000,000 sub-Saharan Africans had settled in Europe between 2010 and 2017.[16]


Notable Afro-Europeans

See also

References
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  2. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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  13. "Eurostat".
  14. "2020-03-09". ssb.no. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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