Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. The racial composition is as follows

• White – 64.1%
• Mestizo – 26.6%
• Afro-Cubans – 9.26% 
• Asians – <1%

White Cubans

In the 2012 Census of Cuba, 64.1% of the inhabitants self-identified as white. The majority of the European ancestry comes from Spain. Other European nationalities with significant influx include: English, French, Germans, Irish, Italians, Poles and Scots. Europeans with lesser influx were Greeks, Portuguese, Romanians and Russians. There is also a small European Jewish community.

Mulatto and Mestizo

In the 2012 Census of Cuba, 26.6% (2.97 million) of the Cubans self-identified as mulatto or mestizo. In Cuba colonial period, there was  a significant mixture between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. There are two major groups, based on what heritage Cubans are mixed with.

Mulatto, which refers to those mixed between Europeans and Native Africans. Mestizo, which refers to those mixed between Europeans and Native Americans.

Afro-Cubans

The Afro-Cuban population was 9.3% in the 2012 Census of Cuba. Just about 1.3 million Cubans described themselves as black & significant proportion of those living on the island affirm some sub-Saharan African ancestry. Based on genetic testing in 2014, the average African, European and Native American ancestry in those self-reporting to be Black was 65.5% “African”, 29% “European” ancestry and 5.5% “Native American” or other ancestry.

Eastern Cuba has a higher concentration of Blacks than other parts of the island, and Havana has the largest population of blacks of any city in Cuba.