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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)		375^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		353.5^a
Capital city		Fort-de-France
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		79.4^c
Surface area (km2)		1 090^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		85^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in agriculture^e,f (% of employed)	4.1	3.9^g	...
Employment in industry^e,f (% of employed)	11.9	11.8^g	...
Employment in services^e,f (% employed)	65.3	69^g	...
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	21	22.8^h,i	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	43.3 / 49.1^e	52.6 / 53.8^e,h,i	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	106	109^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	-0.1	-0.8	-0.2^d
Urban population (% of total population)	89	89	89.1^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	-0.2	-0.5	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	2	2	1.9^d
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	83.2 / 76.7	84.4 / 77.8	85.4 / 78.9^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.5 / 20.6	17.3 / 25.4	15.5 / 30.0^a
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	59.6 / 15.1	69.2 / 18.3	68.6 / 18.3^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	7.6	6.4	5.6^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.8^m	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	42^n,m	...	...
Threatened species (number)	31	45	74
Forested areaⁿ (% of land area)	47.4	48.4	49^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1^n,o	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	478	487	556^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	97.2	97.2	97.2^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Excluding the institutional population.
f		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
g		2012
h		Break in the time series.
i		2013
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Including refugees.
m		2009
n		Estimate.
o		Data after 2010 are included in France.