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Historical population
| 1790 estimate |
1839 estimate |
1857 estimate |
1891 estimate |
1946 census |
1954 census |
1961 census |
1967 census |
1974 census |
1982 census |
1990 census |
1999 census |
2006 estimate |
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| 14,520 | 20,940 | 25,561 | 33,500 | 25,499 | 27,863 | 33,505 | 44,392 | 55,125 | 73,022 | 114,678 | 157,213 | 202,000 |
| Official figures from past censuses and INSEE estimates. | ||||||||||||
| 1946-1954 | 1954-1961 | 1961-1967 | 1967-1974 | 1974-1981 | 1981-1990 | 1990-1999 | 1999-2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.1%/year | +2.7%/year | +4.8%/year | +3.1%/year | +3.9%/year | +5.8%/year | +3.6%/year | +3.8%/year |
| Official figures from past censuses and INSEE estimates. | |||||||
CIA World Factbook data
Population: 172,605 (July 2000 est.), 202,000 (January 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31% (male 27,116; female 25,902)
15-64 years: 64% (male 59,690; female 50,621)
65 years and over: 5% (male 4,694; female 4,582) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.96% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 22.44 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 4.76 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female
total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 13.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.1 years
male: 72.77 years
female: 79.6 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: French Guianese (singular and plural)
adjective: French Guianese
Ethnic groups: blacks or mulatto 66%, white or Europeans (mostly are French with a large Portuguese element) 12%, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian 12%, other 10% (including Hmong refugees from the former French Indochina who have been resettled in French Guiana).
Religions: Christianity: Roman Catholicism, followed by Protestants and Eastern Orthodoxs, estimated total at 80%. The rest belong to other religions: Fast-growing Muslim community, and some adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism.
Languages: French, French Guianese Creole French Patuá and Portuguese
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83%
male: 84%
female: 82% (1982 est.)
- See also : French Guiana
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