White European people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (850,000,000 + 11.5% of the total world population (world population of 7.5 billion). (not counting partial European descent)) |
|
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States
|
223,553,265 |
 Russia
|
125,000,000 |
 Brazil
|
92,636,000 |
 Germany
|
81,000,000 |
 France
|
66,000,000 |
 United Kingdom
|
65,000,000 |
 Italy
|
60,000,000 |
 Spain
|
46,000,000 |
 Ukraine
|
42,000,000 |
 Argentina
|
38,900,000 |
| Languages | |
| Languages of Europe (mostly English, Spanish, minoritily Portuguese and French) | |
| Religion | |
 Majority Christianity(mostly Catholic and Protestant, some Orthodox) Irreligion · Other Religions |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Europeans | |
White people is a racial classification specifier, used for people of Europid ancestry, with the exact implications dependent on context. The usage of "white people" or a "white race" as a large group of (mainly European) populations contrasting with "black", American Indian (sometimes called red), "colored" or non-white originated in the 17th century.
The concept of a white race did not achieve universal acceptance in Europe; numerous European peoples and nations over the last few hundred years, such as Fascist Italy and National Socialist Germany, regarded some European peoples as racially distinct. Moreover, there is no accepted standard for determining a geographic barrier between white and non-white people. Contemporary anthropologists and scientists regard the concept as socially constructed.
The concept of whiteness has particular resonance in racially diverse countries with large majority populations of mixed European ancestry: for example, in United States (White American), the United Kingdom (White British), Brazil (White Brazilian), and South Africa (White South African). Various social constructions of whiteness have been significant to national identity, public policy, religion, population statistics, racial segregation, affirmative action, white privilege, eugenics, racial marginalization and racial quotas.
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