African diaspora in the Americas
People born in the Americas with sub-Saharan African ancestry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The African diaspora in the Americas refers to the people born in the Americas with partial, predominant, or complete sub-Saharan African ancestry. Many are descendants of persons enslaved in Africa and transferred to the Americas by Europeans, then forced to work mostly in European-owned mines and plantations, between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Significant groups have been established in the United States (African Americans), in Canada (Black Canadians), in the Caribbean (Afro-Caribbean), and in Latin America (Afro-Latin Americans).
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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~100,000,000 +250,000,000 (including mixed ancestry) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States | 46,936,733[1] |
Brazil | 20,656,458[2] |
Haiti | 10,896,000[3] |
Colombia | 4,671,160[4][5][6][7][8] |
Mexico | 2,576,213[9] |
Jamaica | 2,531,000[10] |
Dominican Republic | 1,704,000[11] [12] |
Panama | 1,258,915[13] |
Canada | 1,198,540[14] |
Cuba | 1,034,044[15] |
Venezuela | 936,770[16][17] |
Peru | 828,824[18] |
Ecuador | 814,468[19] |
Puerto Rico | 574,287[20] |
Nicaragua | 572,000[21] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 452,536[22] |
Bahamas | 324,000[23] |
Barbados | 280,000[24] |
Uruguay | 255,074[25] |
Guyana | 227,062[26] |
Suriname | 202,500[27] |
Honduras | 191,000[28] [29] |
Argentina | 149,493[30][31][32] |
Saint Lucia | 142,000[33] |
Belize | 108,000[34] |
Languages | |
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Papiamento, Dutch | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Rastafari, Afro-American religions, Traditional African religions, Islam, others | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African diaspora, Maroons |
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