African Diaspora Countries 2024

The African Diaspora, or dispersal of African bloodlines into other countries worldwide, can be traced into countries all over the world today. Once Native Africans (mostly from West and Central Africa), these communities have settled in countries near and far from their roots.

Let's take a look at the state of African Diaspora countries in 2023.

African Diaspora Countries

Countries with a notable portion of the worldwide African Diaspora population living within their bounds are scattered far and wide. You'll find the highest numbers of members of the African Diaspora community in the United States by far with Brazil and Haiti in distant second and third positions.

The information above is as recent as 2021 from Census and government data, but some estimates date back to as early as 2010. Totals shift year over year, so more recent data is needed to show the true numbers for African Diaspora countries in 2023.

Still, these estimates work well to get a clearer picture of how the Native African communities have spread and settled around the world.

It's important to note that many of these estimates include multiracial data for people belonging to two or more racial or ethnic groups. In addition, many people may not be properly recorded in these numbers due to failing to report or being unaware of Native African heritage.

What Do These Numbers Mean?

There's a large gap between the recorded numbers of African Diaspora members in Haiti and the next country, France, with a difference between almost 5-7 million.

The countries with the lowest recorded numbers of African Diaspora members are in Eurasia, Asia, and South Asia. Russia, India, and Sri Lanka take the 3 lowest spots on the chart.

Slave trade was the driving force for much of the dispersal of the Native African communities. Many of the enslaved Africans hailed from West and Central Africa, making those populations' representations much higher in global totals.