Afro-Spaniards

Afro-Spaniards
Total population
	1,322,625 (Of those ~300,000 are Black Sub-Saharan African)
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 namely Black or Black of mixed ancestry. The term may include Spaniards of any African background who are considered to be Black or of Black mixed ancestry mainly those of Afro-Caribbean, African American or Afro Latin American descent. The specific number of Afro-Spaniards is unknown due to the fact that the Spanish government does not collect data on ethnicity or racial self-identification.

In 2008, the largest numbers of African immigrants came from Morocco (71,141), Senegal (10,568), Algeria (5,592), Nigeria (4,855), Mali (3,502), Gambia (2,512), Equatorial Guinea (2,213), Ghana (1,922), Guinea (1,729), and Mauritania (1,577).^[1]

^ Faszer-Mcmahon, Debra; Ketz, Victoria L. (9 March 2016). African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18427-0.

[1] Faszer-Mcmahon, Debra; Ketz, Victoria L. (9 March 2016). African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-18427-0.

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