<Table> French Black People <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Total population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Approximately 1.8 -- 5 million ( 3 -- 7.5 % of the French population ) ; it is illegal for the French State to collect data on ethnicity and race . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Regions with significant populations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Paris , Lyon , Marseille , Bordeaux , Toulouse , Nantes , Lille , French West Indies , French Guiana , Réunion , Mayotte , New Caledonia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Languages </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> French ; various African languages , French Creoles and others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Religion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Christianity , Islam </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> French Black People <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Total population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Approximately 1.8 -- 5 million ( 3 -- 7.5 % of the French population ) ; it is illegal for the French State to collect data on ethnicity and race . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Regions with significant populations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Paris , Lyon , Marseille , Bordeaux , Toulouse , Nantes , Lille , French West Indies , French Guiana , Réunion , Mayotte , New Caledonia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Languages </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> French ; various African languages , French Creoles and others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Religion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Christianity , Islam </Td> </Tr> </Table>
what percentage of the french population is black
what percentage of the french population is black
3 -- 7.5 %
3 -- 7.5 %