Spanish 84.8%, Moroccan 1.7%, Romanian 1.2%, other 12.3% (2021 est.)
Out of these the following are the largest ethnic groups in Spain: Castilians, Catalans, Basques, Galicians, and Valencians.
You may not know this but there are roughly 1.3 million black people living in Spain. This accounts for 2% of the total population.
The Spanish people's genetic pool largely derives from the pre-Roman inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula: Pre-Indo-European and Indo-European speaking pre-Celtic groups: (Iberians, Vettones, Turdetani, Aquitani).
Spain is a European country with a population of 46.4 million. Approximately 89.9% of the population is of Spanish ethnicity, and 10.1% are of a foreign ethnicity. Many of these ethnic minorities have recently come to Spain during a period of increased immigration.
Recent studies have shown that many of modern Spain's inhabitants have a significant amount of African ancestry, presumably from this time period. This is apparently true of the vast majority of Southern Europeans including Italians and Greeks, as well as the Spanish.
Racial and Ethnic Identity
Madrid is an area with a high concentration of immigrant groups from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Latin America. This phenomenon started in the mid 1990's and it is likely that students will hear some non-Spanish speakers in public spaces in Madrid.
People who identify themselves as Spanish, Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Hispanic or Latino refers to people whose ancestors or descendants originated in Central and South America and in the Caribbean, who follow the customs and cultures of these areas and who may speak Spanish.
All together, from these estimates and statistics there are roughly 9,6 million Black people in Europe, with over two-thirds from the United Kingdom or France. If North Africans, who are of Berber or Arab ancestry, were to be included, this estimate would double to nearly 22 million.
Spain began to trade slaves in the 15th century and this trade reached its peak in the 16th century. The history of Spanish enslavement of Africans began with Portuguese captains Antão Gonçalves and Nuno Tristão in 1441.
Aside from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, large numbers of Black Hispanics can also be found in populations originating from northern South America, and the Caribbean coast of Central America as well, including the Panamanian and Colombian communities, and to a lesser extent, the Cuban-American community.
Like other Western Europeans, among Spaniards and Portuguese the Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b is the most frequent, occurring at over 70% throughout most of Spain. R1b is particularly dominant in the Basque Country and Catalonia, occurring at rate of over 80%.
The majority of Spaniards have light to olive skin, light to dark brown hair, and brown eyes. Some Spaniards have blond or red hair, blue or green eyes, and pale skin. Some have pale skin, dark hair and green eyes.
Migration from the African continent to Australia has increased in volume and diver- sity in the last three decades, with the most recent census identifying 2.6% of the total Australian population as either born in, or having at least one parent born in, Africa.
Iberia (Spain & Portugal) having the highest amount and strongest concentration of Sub-Saharan mtDNA in Europe. In Iberia the mean frequency of haplogroup L lineages reaches 3.83%; the frequency is higher in Portugal (5.83%) than in Spain (2.9% average), and without parallel in the rest of Europe.
The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
Mexican refers to people who inhabit for are from Mexico, a part of Latin America. Spanish is the main language in Mexico, but not all Mexicans speak the language. This means that people from Mexico are Latino, and they may or may not be Hispanic.
Hispanic refers to a person with ancestry from a country whose primary language is Spanish. Latino and its variations refer to a person with origins from anywhere in Latin America (Mexico, South and Central America) and the Caribbean.
Historical origins and genetics. The Portuguese are a Southwestern European population, with origins predominantly from Southern and Western Europe.
Founded around 865 by Umayyad emir Mohamed I, Mayrit - as Madrid was first known - was one of a chain of fortified military enclaves along the frontier between Muslim Al-Andalus and the Christian kingdoms to the north.
Race & Ethnicity. The largest Madrid racial/ethnic groups are White (96.3%) followed by Hispanic (2.6%) and Two or More (1.0%).
The village was inhabited by Muslims, Jews and Christians. The modern name 'Madrid' derives from the combination of the Muslim and the Christian names. The Arab wall, the first wall to be built in Madrid, was erected under Muhammad I between 850 and 866 and reinforced in the tenth century by Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III.
It is a common misconception that Spaniards and Portuguese are the same people. This misconception is based on the proximity of the two countries and the closeness of their languages and cultures. But, despite their similarities, the Portuguese and Spanish are separate people.
Human settlers arrived in Spain's territory 35 thousand years ago. Hispania, as Spain was initially named, was inhabited mostly by Iberian, Basques and Celts. Archeologists have been successful in finding cave paintings in Altamira that prove early human settlements.
They defined Iberians as non-Celtic peoples south of the Ebro river (Iber). The Greeks also dubbed as "Iberians" another people in the Caucasus region, currently known as Caucasian Iberians. It is thought that there is no connection between the two peoples.