Black British people
A map of the UK showing the proportion of the Black population in 2021/2022. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom: 2,485,724 – 3.7% (2021/22 Census) England: 2,381,724 – 4.2% (2021) Scotland: 65,414 – 1.2% (2022) Wales: 27,554 – 0.8% (2021) Northern Ireland: 11,032 – 0.6% (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| English (British English, Black British English, Caribbean English, African English), Creole languages, French, Jamaican Patois, Nigerian Pidgin, Scottish English, and other languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (66.9%); minority follows Islam (17.3%), other faiths (0.8%) or are irreligious (8.6%) 2021 census, NI, England and Wales only |
Black British people or Black Britons are a multi-ethnic group of British people who have ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
The term black has historically had a number of applications as a racial and political label. It may also be used in a wider sociopolitical context to encompass a broader range of non-European ethnic minority populations in Britain, though this usage has become less common over time. Black British is one of several self-designation entries used in official UK ethnicity classifications.
Around 3.7 per cent of the United Kingdom's population in 2021 were Black. The figures have increased from the 1991 census when 1.63 per cent of the population were recorded as Black or Black British to 1.15 million residents in 2001, or 2 per cent of the population, this further increased to just over 1.9 million in 2011, representing 3 per cent. Almost 96 per cent of Black Britons live in England, particularly in England's larger urban areas, with close to 1.2 million living in Greater London. 47.8% of the total Black British population live in London.