Demographics
Some of the larger populations of immigrants from Africa living in Europe are:
| Country | African Population | Population centres | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | About 3 million | Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, Lille | Includes anyone who was born in Africa and who had at least one parent from the continent. Mainly from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Mali. See also: African immigration to France |
| Germany | 817,500 | Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne | Mainly from Ghana, Cameroon, the Maghreb countries and Nigeria. See also: Afro-Germans |
| Italy | 436,535 (2011) | Milan, Rome, Turin, Palermo, Brescia, Bologna, Naples | Mainly from Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Eritrea, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. See also: African immigrants to Italy |
| Portugal | 140,530 | Lisbon, Porto, Faro | Mostly from former Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé (see Afro-Brazilian). 47% of foreign legal residents in 2001 was from an African country. |
| Switzerland | 73,553 (2009) | Geneva, Binningen, Giswil, Varen, Vevey, Berne, Fribourg, Lausanne | Mainly nationals of Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Angola. See also: African immigrants to Switzerland |
| United Kingdom | 2,800,000 (2011) | London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Liverpool, Nottingham | 2011 OSN estimates: includes only foreign born population |
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