| 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: Minority: | |
| 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 Caribbean who are mainly divided between Indo-Caribbean (largely descendants of Indian jahaji indentured laborers and some free immigrants) and Chinese Caribbean (largely descendants of free Chinese immigrants and some indentured workers), and Indigenous Caribbean (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.