Afro-Dutch people

Afro-Dutch or Black Dutch are Dutch people who are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. The majority of Afro-Dutch in the continental Netherlands hail from the former and present Dutch overseas territories Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles; now Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Of the approximately 500,000 Afro-Dutch people, about 300,000 people, or 60%, are from these territories. There is also a sizable population of Cape Verdean, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Somali, Angolan and other African communities of more recent immigrants. The majority of Afro-Dutch people migrated to the Netherlands from the 1970s onwards, most of the recent migrants arriving either as political refugees seeking freedom or, more often, to escape regional conflicts, such as from Eritrea.

This article is about the Black population of the Netherlands. For the ethnonym in the United States, see Black Dutch (genealogy). For the extinct Creole language, see Negerhollands.

Black Dutch
Zwarte Nederlanders
Total population
749,780 (2022)
Regions with significant populations
Primarily urban centers in South Holland, North Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht
Languages
Primarily Dutch, Papiamento, Sranan Tongo, English, Creole Languages
Religion
Majority Christianity, minorities Islam, Irreligion and Traditional African religions

In May 2022, there were 749,780 people reported to be of African ancestry (4.26%, of a total population of 17,590,672 people).

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