Demographics of French Guiana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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As of 2021, the population of French Guiana is projected at 0.31 million, up by 2.60% compared with 0.30 million in 2020. French Guiana is ranked 182nd in terms of population and 23rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 7.44 thousand births in French Guiana in 2021. That is 20 per day, which is ranked 173rd. The crude birth rate is 24.3 per 1000 people. There are 925 thousand deaths in French Guiana in 2021. That is 3 per day, which is ranked 194th. The crude death rate is 3.02 per 1000 people.

0.27 million people are living in urban areas, which is 86.06% of French Guiana population. French Guiana is ranked 51st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in French Guiana in 2021 is 97.98 males per 100 females. There are 0.152 million males and 0.155 million females in French Guiana. The percentage of female population is 50.51% compare to 49.49% male population. French Guiana has 3.13 thousand more females than males. French Guiana is at 85th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

French Guiana population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	25,484	-
1955	28,493	1.83
1960	32,032	3.02
1965	38,893	4.32
1970	47,932	3.86
1975	56,224	3.12
1980	66,973	4.20
1985	86,435	5.97
1990	115,784	5.01
1995	137,400	3.16
2000	163,163	4.05
2005	202,973	3.93
2010	232,996	2.40
2015	261,008	2.44
2016	267,824	2.61
2017	275,189	2.75
2018	282,936	2.82
2019	290,823	2.79
2020	298,682	2.70
2021	306,450	2.60

Population
Growth

French Guiana death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	425	996	16.29	38.15
1955	428	975	15.05	34.41
1960	440	1,038	13.48	31.95
1965	423	1,259	10.86	32.03
1970	413	1,512	8.63	31.76
1975	444	1,551	7.84	27.71
1980	467	1,840	6.86	26.92
1985	502	2,606	5.69	29.62
1990	552	3,556	4.84	31.16
1995	590	4,241	4.26	30.81
2000	616	4,747	3.72	28.64
2005	661	5,633	3.29	28.00
2010	702	6,339	3.02	27.26
2015	757	6,847	2.88	26.03
2020	891	7,359	2.99	24.67
2021	925	7,438	3.02	24.30

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of French Guiana
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	13,667	11,805	-	53.656
1955	16,687	11,803	3.51	58.573
1960	20,285	11,747	4.56	63.327
1965	25,569	13,323	4.83	65.745
1970	32,321	15,609	4.38	67.433
1975	38,862	17,361	3.62	69.121
1980	47,392	19,585	4.67	70.759
1985	62,799	23,640	6.57	72.651
1990	86,423	29,361	5.59	74.641
1995	105,731	31,669	3.77	76.952
2000	129,081	34,084	4.66	79.111
2005	165,336	38,490	4.45	81.116
2010	194,192	39,989	3.07	82.924
2015	226,996	41,695	3.06	84.482
2020	260,877	43,105	2.70	85.820
2021	267,830	43,371	2.67	86.063

Population
Urbanization

French Guiana population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	18,785	18,040	36,825	12.02	104.130
05-09	16,078	15,120	31,198	10.18	106.336
10-14	14,772	14,329	29,101	9.50	103.092
15-19	14,419	14,554	28,973	9.45	99.072
20-24	13,176	13,189	26,365	8.60	99.901
25-29	10,579	11,191	21,770	7.10	94.531
30-34	8,715	10,066	18,781	6.13	86.579
35-39	9,343	10,620	19,963	6.51	87.976
40-44	9,714	10,091	19,805	6.46	96.264
45-49	8,867	9,083	17,950	5.86	97.622
50-54	7,603	7,862	15,465	5.05	96.706
55-59	6,123	6,157	12,280	4.01	99.448
60-64	4,936	5,225	10,161	3.32	94.469
65-69	3,918	3,900	7,818	2.55	100.462
70-74	2,424	2,330	4,754	1.55	104.034
75-79	1,382	1,618	3,000	0.98	85.414
80-84	604	764	1,368	0.45	79.058
85-89	158	376	534	0.17	42.021
90-94	50	196	246	0.08	25.510
95-99	15	65	80	0.03	23.077
100+	1	12	13	0.00	8.333
Total	151,662	154,788	306,450		97.980

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Gender ratio