White Africans of European Ancestry - Current Populations

Current Populations

White African population by country (Estimates from CIA, Joshua Project)

• South Africa: 5,265,300 (English, Afrikaans)
• Angola: 200,000 (Portuguese)
• Namibia: 130,000 (Afrikaans, German, English)
• Madagascar : 130,000 (French)
• Kenya: 60,000 (English)
• Mozambique: 50,000 (Portuguese)
• Zimbabwe: 20,000 (English)
• Botswana: 10,000 (English)
• Zambia: 8,000 (English)
• Rwanda: 6,000 (French, Flemish, English)
• Senegal: 5,000 (French)
• Other African nations: 10,000~25,000

The White African population of Zimbabwe was much higher in the 1960s and 1970s (when the country was known as Rhodesia); the largest was 300,000. After the introduction of majority rule in 1980, and the downturn due to the expulsion of white farmers and businessmen, along with the economic mismanagement by the Mugabe regime in the late 1990s, most white citizens have left the country. It is thought that if economic and political conditions improve, some of the former white population will return.

Likewise, The white African population in Mozambique was at its peak with about 370,000 Portuguese Mozambicans residing in Mozambique during the 1970s but political crisis and violence drastically decreased its population in a matter of weeks. Most Portuguese Mozambicans were expelled or fled to Portugal or to neighboring South Africa and Zimbabwe with some also going to Brazil. However, there has been an increase in the white African population of Mozambique in the last 10 years due to the immense Brazilian presence and intercultural Lusophone presence in Mozambique.