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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2024)		326^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		870.7^a,b
Capital city		Mamoudzou
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		6.2^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		91.6^a,b
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	4.1	3.3	3.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	47	45.9^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	4.7	4.2	4.6^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	78.6 / 75.3	77.2 / 71.8	78.5 / 74.3^a
Population age distribution^b,g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	45.0 / 4.2	43.8 / 4.3	43.1 / 4.4^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	81.4 / 33.9^h	111.5 / 40.9^h	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	9.8	12.3	10.9^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	84	102	130^d
Forested area (% of land area)	37.8	37.1	37ⁱ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.3 / 1.3^j	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0^k,j	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	20^k,j	...	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	63.2	63.6	76.3^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		2018
d		2023
e		2019
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		Including refugees.
i		2021
j		2010
k		Data after 2010 are included in France.