This article is about people of the Caribbean area or diaspora. For other uses, see Caribbean.
Caribbean people
Total population
c. 45–47 million
Regions with significant populations
Colombia
12 million
Cuba
11 million
Haiti
11 million
Dominican Republic
10 million
Puerto Rico
3.4 million
Jamaica
2.7 million
Trinidad and Tobago
1.3 million
Guyana
790 thousand
Suriname
633 thousand
Languages
Mainly: Spanish, French, French-based creole languages (Haitian Creole, Antillean Creole), English, English-based creole languages (Jamaican Patois, Bahamian Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Bajan Creole), Papiamento
Minority: Dutch, Caribbean Hindustani, Chinese
Religion
Majority:
Christianity
Minority:
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Rastafari
Baháʼí
Afro-American religion
Traditional African religions
Amerindian religions
Buddhism
Sikhism
Jainism
Zoroastrianism
Taoism
Confucianism
Chinese folk religion
Kebatinan
Others
Related ethnic groups
Americans, Canadians, Latin Americans
Caribbean people are the people born in or inhabitants of the Caribbean region or people of Caribbean descent living outside the Caribbean. The Caribbean region was initially populated by Amerindians from several different Kalinago and Taino groups. These groups were decimated by a combination of enslavement and disease brought by European colonizers. Descendants of the Taino and Kalinago tribes exist today in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Amerindian ancestry.[1]
Modern Caribbean people usually further identify by their own specific ethnic ancestry, therefore constituting various subgroups, of which are: Afro-Caribbean (largely descendants of bonded African slaves), Hispanic/Latino-Caribbean (people from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean who descend from solely or a mixture of Spaniards, West Africans, indigenous peoples, other Europeans, Arabs, or Chinese), White Caribbean (largely descendants of European colonizers and some indentured workers), Asian Caribbeans who are mainly divided between Indo-Caribbeans (largely descendants of Indian jahaji indentured laborers and some free immigrants) and Chinese Caribbeans (largely descendants of free Chinese immigrants and some indentured workers), and Indigenous Caribbeans (descendants of the indigenous people of the Caribbean with some degree of admixture).
As of 2024, the Caribbean population is estimated to be approximately 44.8 million, with a growth rate of around 0.54% from the previous year.[2]
^The Caribbean as a Melting Pot
^"Caribbean Population 2024". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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