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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2025)		882^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		353^a,b
Capital city		Saint-Denis
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		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$)		1^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	120^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	2.1^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	84.9 / 78.7	85.4 / 79.5	86.6 / 80.8^a
Population age distribution^b,n (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.6 / 15.1	22.0 / 18.9	20.5 / 23.0^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	127.2 / 14.7	131.8 / 15.3	135.5 / 15.4^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.2	6.7	5.2^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	126	145	227^e
Forested area (% of land area)	38.3	39.2	39.6^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.9 / 4.4^q,r	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	8^q,r	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	65^q,r	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	426	217	495^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	58.1	58.1	58.1^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		Excluding the institutional population.
g		Break in the time series.
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		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Regions of Metropolitan France and in French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
p		2022
q		Data after 2010 are included in France.
r		2010
s		Arrivals by air only.