Black Belgians

Afro-Belgians (Dutch: Afrobelgen; French: Afrobelges; German: Afrobelgier) or Black Belgians, are defined as Belgians of Sub-Saharan African descent.

95,282 Sub-Saharan Africans live in Brussels.

[1] Most Sub-Saharan Africans in Belgium originate from Guinea,Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (country), Rwanda, and Burundi.

The Brussels neighborhoods of Ixelles and Matonge have large Black populations.

[2][3][4] In 2017, 19 out of 52 total players in the men's Belgium national football team were of African origin.

A street scene in Matonge, one of Belgium's most diverse neighborhoods with a high African population (2009)