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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		340^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		321.2^a,b
Capital city		Fort-de-France
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		79.4^d
Surface area (km2)		1 090^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		82.9^a,b
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3.9^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	11.8^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	69^f,g,h	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	22.8^g,i,j	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	52.6 / 53.8^g,i,j	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	106	109^l	124^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1	-0.9	-0.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	89	89.1^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.5^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2	2	2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	84.5 / 79.3	83.3 / 77.0	85.8 / 79.6^a
Population age distribution^b,n (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.8 / 24.3	15.6 / 30.3	14.7 / 35.4^a
International migrant stock^o,p (000/% of total pop.)	69.2 / 18.0	68.6 / 19.2	68.2 / 19.9^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	8.5	8.7	7.4^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	45	62	114^e
Forested area (% of land area)	48.4	49.3	49.7^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.1 / 5.3^r,s	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1^r,t,s	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	75^r,s	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	487	312	556^q
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	97.2	97.2	97.2^e

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		2023
d		2018
e		2024
f		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
g		Excluding the institutional population.
h		2012
i		Break in the time series.
j		2013
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Regions of Metropolitan France and in French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
q		2022
r		Data after 2010 are included in France.
s		2010
t		Estimate.