Afro-Spaniards
Portrait of Juan de Pareja (1650) by Diego Velázquez, the painting portrays Juan de Pareja, an Afro-Spanish painter. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,322,625 in 2022 (Of those ~350,000 are Black Sub-Saharan Africans) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish; English, French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European |
Afro-Spaniards are Spanish people of African descent, including North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and those of Afro-Caribbean, African American or Afro Latin American descent. The Spanish government does not collect data on ethnicity or racial self-identification.