Demographics of French Guiana 10763 216935922 2008-06-03T21:56:11Z Warrickball 2290552 /* CIA World Factbook data */ Edited [[blacks]] to skip disambig ==Historical population== {| align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom:2px solid #999; background: #f3fff3" |+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Historical population ! [[1790]]<br>estimate !! [[1839]]<br>estimate !! [[1857]]<br>estimate !! [[1891]]<br>estimate !! [[1946]]<br>census !! [[1954]]<br>census !! [[1961]]<br>census !! [[1967]]<br>census !! [[1974]]<br>census !! [[1982]]<br>census !! [[1990]]<br>census !! [[1999]]<br>census !! [[2006]]<br>estimate |- | align=center| 14,520 || align=center| 20,940 || align=center| 25,561 || align=center| 33,500 || align=center| 25,499 || align=center| 27,863|| align=center| 33,505 || align=center| 44,392 || align=center| 55,125 || align=center| 73,022 || align=center| 114,678 || align=center| 157,213 || align=center| 202,000 |- | colspan=13 align=center| <small>Official figures from past censuses and [[INSEE]] estimates. |} {| align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom:2px solid #999; background: #f3fff3" |+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population growth rate ! [[1946]]-[[1954]] !! [[1954]]-[[1961]] !! [[1961]]-[[1967]] !! [[1967]]-[[1974]] !! [[1974]]-[[1981]] !! [[1981]]-[[1990]] !! [[1990]]-[[1999]] !! [[1999]]-[[2006]] |- | align=center| +1.1%/year || align=center| +2.7%/year || align=center| +4.8%/year || align=center| +3.1%/year || align=center| +3.9%/year || align=center| +5.8%/year || align=center| +3.6%/year || align=center| +3.8%/year |- | colspan=8 align=center| <small>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:''' <br>''0-14 years:'' 31% (male 27,116; female 25,902) <br>''15-64 years:'' 64% (male 59,690; female 50,621) <br>''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 [[Human migration|migration]] rate:''' 11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) '''Sex ratio:''' <br>''at birth:'' 1.05 male(s)/female <br>''under 15 years:'' 1.05 male(s)/female <br>''15-64 years:'' 1.18 male(s)/female <br>''65 years and over:'' 1.02 male(s)/female <br>''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:''' <br>''total population:'' 76.1 years <br>''male:'' 72.77 years <br>''female:'' 79.6 years (2000 est.) '''Total [[fertility]] rate:''' 3.21 children born/woman (2000 est.) '''[[Nationality]]:''' <br>''noun:'' French Guianese (singular and plural) <br>''adjective:'' French Guianese '''Ethnic groups:''' [[black people|blacks]] or [[mulatto]] 66%, [[Whites|white]] or [[European ethnic groups|European]]s (mostly are [[French people|French]] with a large [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] element) 12%, [[East India]]n, [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], [[Amerindian]] 12%, other 10% (including [[Hmong people|Hmong]] refugees from the former [[French Indochina]] who have been resettled in French Guiana). '''[[Religion]]s:''' [[Christianity]]: [[Roman Catholicism]], followed by [[Protestants]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]]s, estimated total at 80%. The rest belong to other religions: Fast-growing [[Muslim]] community, and some adherents of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Judaism]]. '''[[Language]]s:''' [[French language|French]], French Guianese Creole French Patuá and Portuguese '''[[Literacy]]:''' <br>''definition:'' age 15 and over can read and write <br>''total population:'' 83% <br>''male:'' 84% <br>''female:'' 82% ([[1982]] est.) :''See also :'' [[French Guiana]] {{South_America_in_topic|Demographics of}} [[Category:Geography of French Guiana]] [[fr:Démographie de la Guyane]]