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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2020)		895
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		358.1
Capital city		Saint-Denis
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		147.2^b
Surface area (km2)		2 513^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.8
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	4.2^d	4.3^f,g	...
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	14.1^d	12.7^f,g	...
Employment in services^e (% employed)	67.1^d	81.7^f,g	...
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	28.9	28.9^f,h	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	45.3 / 59.9^e	49.1 / 61.3^e,f,h	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	100	105	108^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	105	101	102^j

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	1	0.8	0.7
Urban population (% of total population)	98.5	99.3	99.6^c
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	1.4	0.9	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	2.4	2.4	2.3
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	81.9 / 74.5	82.9 / 76.0	83.8 / 77.3
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.4 / 12.2	24.3 / 15.3	22.4 / 18.3
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	123.0 / 14.8	127.2 / 14.7	129.2 / 14.5^c
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	5.6	4.2	2.7
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.8^l	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Threatened species (number)	104	126	145
Forested area^m (% of land area)	35.2	35.1	35.1^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	8ⁿ	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	420	426	535^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	47.1	47.1	47.1^c

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2018
c		2019
d		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
e		Excluding the institutional population.
f		Break in the time series.
g		2012
h		2013
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
j		2016
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		2009
m		Estimate.
n		Data after 2010 are included in France.
o		Arrivals by air.