 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 20,656,458 10.2% of the Brazilian population (2022 Census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (majority Roman Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Brazilian People, Black People, African American, Afro Chilean, Afro Argentine, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Ecuadorian, Afro-Latin American, Afro-Mexican, Afro-Peruvian, Afro-Trinidadian, Black Canadian, African Australian, Afro-Jamaicans, Afro-Costa Rican, Afro-Uruguayan. |
Black Brazilian is a term used to categorise by race or color Brazilians who are black. 10.2% of the population of Brazil consider themselves black (preto). Though, the following lists include some visually mixed-race Brazilians, a group considered part of the black population by the Brazilian Black Movement.[2]
- ^ "Tabela 9605: População residente, por cor ou raça, nos Censos Demográficos". sidra.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Pardos: os dilemas dos brasileiros que formam maior grupo étnico-racial segundo Censo 2022". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-06-04.