Demographics of Guadeloupe

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guadeloupe is projected at 400.01 thousand, down by 0.03% compared with 400.13 thousand in 2020. Guadeloupe is ranked 177th in terms of population and 204th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 4.54 thousand births in Guadeloupe in 2021. That is 12 per day, which is ranked 182nd. The crude birth rate is 11.37 per 1000 people. There are 3.44 thousand deaths in Guadeloupe in 2021. That is 9 per day, which is ranked 171st. The crude death rate is 8.6 per 1000 people.

0.44 million people are living in urban areas, which is 98.51% of Guadeloupe population. Guadeloupe is ranked 15th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guadeloupe in 2021 is 85.49 males per 100 females. There are 0.18 million males and 0.22 million females in Guadeloupe. The percentage of female population is 53.91% compare to 46.09% male population. Guadeloupe has 31.28 thousand more females than males. Guadeloupe is at 5th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guadeloupe population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950209,999-
1955236,0543.08
1960275,1732.65
1965300,0581.54
1970321,8871.02
1975328,4890.32
1980336,6830.33
1985342,7371.27
1990389,2512.13
1995403,7310.66
2000422,0480.24
2005402,903-0.78
2010406,0730.16
2015400,260-0.26
2016399,760-0.12
2017399,679-0.02
2018399,8480.04
2019400,0480.05
2020400,1270.02
2021400,013-0.03
  • Total
  • Crude

Guadeloupe death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19503,4618,71316.3041.49
19553,1529,48613.1939.59
19603,10110,09711.3537.06
19652,89610,3639.6434.44
19702,6029,8338.1330.79
19752,4948,5197.5725.85
19802,4327,0367.2621.02
19852,4697,0517.0420.02
19902,5977,4906.8019.65
19952,7377,1346.7217.51
20002,8246,8846.8116.60
20052,8706,3577.0215.55
20102,9985,5357.4313.72
20153,1934,8497.9512.07
20203,3864,5618.4711.41
20213,4354,5438.6011.37
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guadeloupe

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195075,181134,822-35.800
1955112,074123,9908.6347.476
1960163,550111,6116.8859.438
1965211,23188,9404.5170.370
1970253,48865,8463.0679.380
1975281,80645,1601.6186.188
1980300,47529,7021.5591.004
1985335,69720,4742.3694.252
1990371,88513,9931.7096.374
1995393,7969,1411.1097.731
2000417,8526,7940.9798.400
2005432,5197,0330.6198.400
2010443,5507,1680.3198.410
2015443,4057,013-0.0998.443
2020441,6946,733-0.0798.499
2021441,4126,667-0.0698.512
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Guadeloupe population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 12,265 11,782 24,047 6.01 104.099
05-09 10,759 10,505 21,264 5.32 102.418
10-14 14,133 13,311 27,444 6.86 106.175
15-19 14,990 14,532 29,522 7.38 103.152
20-24 14,505 14,378 28,883 7.22 100.883
25-29 10,443 9,639 20,082 5.02 108.341
30-34 7,354 8,849 16,203 4.05 83.105
35-39 6,559 10,305 16,864 4.22 63.649
40-44 8,127 12,205 20,332 5.08 66.587
45-49 11,258 15,296 26,554 6.64 73.601
50-54 13,344 16,795 30,139 7.53 79.452
55-59 14,263 17,226 31,489 7.87 82.799
60-64 12,695 14,965 27,660 6.91 84.831
65-69 10,595 13,280 23,875 5.97 79.782
70-74 8,982 10,948 19,930 4.98 82.042
75-79 6,007 8,144 14,151 3.54 73.760
80-84 4,068 5,828 9,896 2.47 69.801
85-89 2,381 4,164 6,545 1.64 57.181
90-94 1,178 2,350 3,528 0.88 50.128
95-99 377 911 1,288 0.32 41.383
100+ 83 234 317 0.08 35.470
Total 184,366 215,647 400,013 85.494