African Diaspora Countries 2026
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6 Countries with the Most Afrodescendants
Country | Afrodescendants↓ | African & Mixed African Population | |
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 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98% | 38,827 |
 | Dominica | 96% | 71,283 |
 | Haiti | 95% | 10,114,378 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95% | 63,000 |
 | Jamaica | 92.1% | 2,663,614 |
 | Grenada | 91% | 101,309 |
 | Bahamas | 90.6% | 301,366 |
 | Barbados | 90% | 253,771 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85% | 100,667 |
 | Dominican Republic | 83% | 9,109,900 |
 | Saint Lucia | 83% | 142,629 |
 | British Virgin Islands | 83% | 19,923 |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 80% | 86,243 |
 | French Guiana | 66% | 131,676 |
 | Bermuda | 61% | 40,720 |
 | Cayman Islands | 60% | 28,717 |
 | Brazil | 55.5% | 113,983,148 |
 | Suriname | 37% | 223,718 |
 | Guyana | 36% | 277,486 |
 | Cuba | 35% | 3,890,738 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.2% | 415,710 |
 | Belize | 31% | 93,394 |
 | Colombia | 24.78% | 12,970,043 |
 | Puerto Rico | 17.5% | 558,598 |
 | United States | 12% | 42,020,743 |
 | Panama | 11% | 362,196 |
 | Nicaragua | 9% | 520,726 |
 | France | 8% | 4,000,000 |
 | Portugal | 7% | 310,000 |
 | United Kingdom | 5% | 3,000,000 |
 | Ecuador | 5% | 680,000 |
 | Canada | 4% | 1,547,870 |
 | Uruguay | 4% | 255,074 |
 | Peru | 3% | 828,841 |
 | Venezuela | 3% | 1,087,427 |
 | Netherlands | 3% | 507,000 |
 | Belgium | 3% | 300,000 |
 | Israel | 3% | 200,000 |
 | Costa Rica | 3% | 125,877 |
 | Spain | 2.5% | 1,206,701 |
 | Sweden | 2.3% | 236,975 |
 | Italy | 2% | 1,036,653 |
 | Honduras | 2% | 152,787 |
 | Ireland | 1.38% | 64,639 |
 | Finland | 1.26% | 70,592 |
 | Germany | 1.2% | 1,000,000 |
 | Mexico | 1% | 1,386,556 |
 | Chile | 1% | 170,943 |
 | Switzerland | 1% | 57,000 |
 | Norway | 1% | 67,000 |
 | India | 0.9% | 40,000 |
 | China | 0.9% | 16,000 |
 | Pakistan | 0.9% | 10,000 |
 | Russia | 0.9% | 50,000 |
 | Japan | 0.9% | 10,000 |
 | Argentina | 0.9% | 302,936 |
 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 14,500 |
 | Poland | 0.9% | 5,700 |
 | Malaysia | 0.9% | 31,904 |
 | Guatemala | 0.9% | 100,000 |
 | Bolivia | 0.9% | 23,330 |
 | Greece | 0.9% | 4,500 |
 | Hong Kong | 0.9% | 20,000 |
 | Paraguay | 0.9% | 8,013 |
- The island countries of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten—collectively known as the Dutch Antilles—have a collective diaspora population of approximately 190,000 (85%).
- 0.9 is a placeholder percentage assigned to countries whose diaspora population is less than 1%. Actual percentage may be lower.
Afrodescendants The percentage of a country’s population identified as having African ancestry, including mixed African heritage in some datasets.
African & Mixed African Population Estimated number of people in a country identified as African or partly African in ancestry.
Mixed Heritage Population categories that include both African ancestry and another racial or ethnic background.
Countries With the Highest African Diaspora Concentration
Some countries have African diaspora populations that make up an overwhelming majority of the national population, particularly in the Caribbean.
Such countries are Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, British Virgin Islands, and United States Virgin Islands.
Countries With the Largest African Diaspora Populations
Countries with the largest African diaspora populations in absolute terms are concentrated primarily in the Americas and parts of Europe.
These countries include Brazil, United States, Colombia, Haiti, Dominican Republic, France, United Kingdom, Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Italy, Germany, Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina.
Caribbean Countries With Large African Diaspora Communities
The Caribbean contains some of the world’s highest concentrations of African diaspora populations, reflecting centuries of migration and historical settlement patterns.
These countries are Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and United States Virgin Islands.
Countries Where African Diaspora Estimates Include Mixed Heritage
In several countries, African diaspora estimates include populations with mixed African ancestry rather than only individuals identified exclusively as African or Black.
These are Brazil, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, United Kingdom, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
