Arab-Berber
Arab-Berber (Arabic: العرب والبربر al-ʿarab wa-l-barbar) is an ethnolinguistic group of the Maghreb, a large region of North Africa along the Mediterranean Sea. Arab-Berbers are people of mixed Arab and Berber origin, most of whom speak a variant of Maghrebi Arabic as their native language.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 96 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Maghreb | |
 Algeria | 43 million (99% of the population)[1][a] |
 Morocco | 36 million (99% of the population)[2] |
 Tunisia | 11 million (98% of the population)[3][4] |
 Libya | 5.8 million (97% of the population)[5][6] |
 France | c. 3 million (at least some Maghrebi ancestry)[7][8] |
 Mauritania | 1.3 million (30% of the population)[9][10][11] |
 Canada | 37,060[12] |
| Languages | |
| Maghrebi Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam (Sunni; also Shi'a, Ibadi); minority Judaism, Christianity[13] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Arabs, Sahrawi, Tuareg, Berbers, Arabized-Berber, other Afroasiatic-speaking peoples | |
Notes
- ↑ The CIA World Factbook states that about 15% of Algerians, a minority, identify as Berber even though many Algerians have Berber origins. The Factbook explains that of the approximately 15% who identify as Berber, most live in the Kabylie region, more closely identify with Berber heritage instead of Arab heritage, and are Muslim.
References
- ↑ The World Factbook – Algeria (4 December 2013)Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ Morocco in CIA World Factbook. CIA.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ↑ TunisiaCIA World Factbook. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ "Q&A: The Berbers". BBC News. 12 March 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3509799.stm. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ TunisiaCIA World Factbook – Libya. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ Libyan People & Ethnic Tribes. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ↑ "Estimé à six millions d'individus, l'histoire de leur enracinement, processus toujours en devenir, suscite la mise en avant de nombreuses problématiques..."; « Être Maghrébins en France » in Les Cahiers de l’Orient, n° 71, troisième trimestre 2003
- ↑ css.escwa.org. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ↑ World Refugee Survey 2009: MauritaniaUSCRI. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ↑ UNHCR Global Report 2009 – Mauritania, UNHCR Fundraising Reports (1 June 2010). Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency. www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Statistics Canada. 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables (2013-05-08). Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census