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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2024)		879^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		351.4^a,b
Capital city		Saint-Denis
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		147.2^d
Surface area (km2)		2 510^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.5^a,b
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	4.3^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	12.7^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	81.7^f,g,h	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	28.9^f,g,i	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	49.1 / 61.3^f,g,i	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	105	108^k	117^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-0.2	1.1	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	99.3	99.6^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.9^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.2	2.1	2.2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	84.9 / 78.7	85.4 / 79.5	86.4 / 80.7^a
Population age distribution^b,n (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.6 / 15.1	22.0 / 18.9	20.8 / 22.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	127.2 / 14.7	131.8 / 14.7	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.2	6.7	5.3^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	126	145	163^e
Forested area (% of land area)	38.3	39.2	39.4^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.9 / 4.4^p	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	8^q,p	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	65^q,p	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	426	217	495^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	47.1	48.1	48.1^e

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2018
e		2023
f		Break in the time series.
g		Excluding the institutional population.
h		2012
i		2013
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Average for 10 months excluding data for April and May.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		2021
p		2010
q		Data after 2010 are included in France.
r		Arrivals by air only.