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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2021)		306^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		3.7^a
Capital city		Cayenne
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		57.5^c
Surface area (km2)		83 534^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in industry^e,f (% of employed)	14.1	14.9^g	...
Employment in services^e,f (% employed)	51.5	58.3^g	...
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	21	21.3^h,i	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	43.2 / 54.9^f	48.4 / 58.8^f,h,i	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	105	108^k,d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	2.8	2.3	2.7^d
Urban population (% of total population)	82.9	84.5	85.6^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	3.2	3.1	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	3.6	3.4	3.4^d
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	81.5 / 75.0	82.8 / 76.2	83.0 / 76.7^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	34.9 / 6.6	33.5 / 7.3	31.7 / 9.1^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	96.3 / 41.3	106.1 / 40.7	119.2 / 39.9^d
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	10.5	9.1	8.7^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	13.2ⁿ	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	25.7^o,n	...	...
Threatened species (number)	56	67	108
Forested area (% of land area)	97.1^o	96.8	96.7^o,c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3^o	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	83ⁿ	87	111^q
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	81	81.3	83.1^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
f		Excluding the institutional population.
g		2012
h		Break in the time series.
i		2013
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Average for 6 months excluding data for April to September.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		2009
o		Estimate.
p		Survey at Cayenne-Rochambeau airport on departure.
q		2017