What percent of France is black?

In fact, it is illegal for the French government to collect information about the racial and ethnic origin of its multicultural population on the national census, though approximately 5 percent of the country is black.
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What is the racial breakdown of France?

France Demographics

In 2004, it was estimated that 85% of the population of Metropolitan France was white or of European origin, with 10% from North Africa, 3.5% Black and 1.5% Asian.
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What percentage of France is non white?

Since the end of the Second World War, France has become an ethnically diverse country. Today, approximately five percent of the French population is non-European and non-white. This does not approach the number of non-white citizens in the United States (roughly 15-25%, depending on how Latinos are classified).
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How many black are in France?

While it is illegal to collect data concerning race or ethnicity in France, immigration wave research suggest there are between 3 and 5 million blacks currently in the country.
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What percentage of UK is Black?

Black British citizens, with African and/or African-Caribbean ancestry, are the largest ethnic minority population, at three percent of the total population.
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What percent of Canada is Black?

The Black population now accounts for 3.5% of Canada's total population and 15.6% of the population defined as a visible minority.
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What percentage of Scottish population is black?

African Caribbean or Black groups made up just over 1% of Scotland's population. This population had grown by 28,000 people since 2001. More than 36,000 people identified as African, Caribbean or Black, split between: about 30,000 people who identified as 'African'
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What percent of Italy is white?

But it would be fair to say that the country is overwhelmingly white: the National Institute for Statistics reports that more than 92% of the country is ethnic Italian, which is often interpreted in practical terms as white.
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What are black French called?

French Black people or Black people in France (French: Noirs de France) or Afro-French (Afro-Français) are French citizens or residents who are of Sub-Saharan African (including Malagasy people) or Melanesian ancestry.
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What are the 3 largest ethnic groups in France?

Major ethnic groups are Germans (1.4 million), Bretons (1.2 million), Flemish (400,000), Catalonians (200,000), Corsicans (140,000), and Basques (130,000). France has had many ethnic and religious minorities, including Germans, Swiss, Italians, Protestants, Jews, Gypsies, and Mennonites.
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What percentage of France is Arab?

Total Maghreb

According to some non-scientific sources between 5 and 6 million people of Maghrebin origin live in France corresponding to about 7–9% of the total French metropolitan population.
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What is the largest race in the world?

The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
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What is the whitest city in America?

Hialeah, Florida is the whitest city in the United States with 92.6% of its population identifying as White. The non-Hispanic white population, however, is only 2.57%. By 2045, the United States will become minority white according to the Census.
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What percent of Americans are White?

Overall, 235.4 million people reported White alone or in combination with another group. The White alone population accounted for 204.3 million people and 61.6% of all people living in the United States, compared with 223.6 million and 72.4% in 2010.
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What percentage of Ireland is Black?

The preliminary results of the 2011 census recorded 58,697 people of Black African ethnicity and 6,381 people of any other Black background resident in the Republic out of a total population of 4,525,281, meaning that 1.42 per cent of the population self-identified as Black.
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What percentage of Wales is Black?

Wales is home to one of the United Kingdom's oldest black communities, and Tiger Bay in Cardiff has housed a large Somali population since the development of the port in the 19th century. The 2011 census reported that there were more than 18,000 Welsh-African people in Wales (0.6% of the Welsh population).
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What percentage of London is Black?

London was more ethnically diverse than other regions

Those identifying as White British accounted for 43.4% of London's population compared with 78.4% for England and Wales overall. Excluding White British, the most common ethnic groups in London were Other White (14.6%), Black African (7.9%), and Indian (7.0%).
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What percentage of EU is black?

Every country in Europe has a much smaller black citizenry than the United States, ranging from 3.3 percent of the population in more diverse places such as England and Wales to less than 0.1 percent in virtually homogenous Poland.
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What is the blackest country in the world?

But in South Sudan, the world's youngest country and home to some of the darkest people worldwide, skin whitening and the issue of colourism – commonly defined as prejudice or discrimination against dark-skinned people – is linked to a complex history.
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How many African immigrants are in France?

According to various data sets from the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, some 3 million French nationals of sub-Saharan African origin live in France as naturalized citizens and/or second-generation immigrants.
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How many Black people are in Africa?

In fact, people of these ethnicities are often considered "white" due to their relatively light skin. If we take the varying non-black ethnicities of Northern Africa into consideration, we can estimate that approximately 980 million black people live on the African continent.
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What percentage of Alberta is Black?

Black: 1.4% Southeast Asian: 0.9% Latin American: 0.8% Arab: 0.8%
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What race is the richest in Canada?

People of South Korean, Chinese and South Asian extraction tend to be the top earners in Canada, broadly speaking. Latin-American and Black people are often among the lowest.
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What percentage of Brazil is black?

Around 56% of Brazilians identify as Black—the largest population of African descent outside of Africa—yet Black people make up just 18% of congress, 4.7% of executives in Brazil's 500 largest companies, 75% of murder victims and 75% of those killed by police.
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