Some European countries prohibit the collection of census demographic information based on ethnicity or origin (France, for example), but some others request information based on race (Britain, for example). Of the 42 countries surveyed by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in 2007, 29 were found to collect official statistics on country of birth, 37 on citizenship, 24 on religion, 26 on language, six on parents’ country of birth and 22 on nationality or ethnicity.

United Kingdom
About 2 million people identify themselves as Black Britons (not including mixed Britons ), among whom are Afro-Caribbeans. They live mostly in urban areas of England.

France
There are an estimated 2 to 3 million people of African descent, although a quarter of the Afro-French population lives in the overseas territories. This number is difficult to estimate because the French census does not use race as a category for ideological reasons.

The Netherlands
It is estimated that about 500,000 black and Dutch people live in the Netherlands. Antilles. They live mainly on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and St. Maarten, the latter of which is also partly controlled by the French. Many Afro-Dutch people live in the Netherlands.

Germany
As of 2005, there were about 500,000 Afro-Germans (not including those of mixed ethnic origin). This number is difficult to estimate because the German census does not use race as a category.

Spain
As of 2016, there were 1,045,120 Africans living in Africa. They live mostly in the regions of Andalusia, Catalonia, Madrid and the Canary Islands.

Abkhazia
Some blacks of unknown origin once inhabited southern Abkhazia ; today they have assimilated with the Abkhazian population.

Romania
About 145,600 people of African descent live in Romania.