Demographics of French Guiana

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

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.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

French Guiana population

Year Population Growth (%)
195025,484-
195528,4931.83
196032,0323.02
196538,8934.32
197047,9323.86
197556,2243.12
198066,9734.20
198586,4355.97
1990115,7845.01
1995137,4003.16
2000163,1634.05
2005202,9733.93
2010232,9962.40
2015261,0082.44
2016267,8242.61
2017275,1892.75
2018282,9362.82
2019290,8232.79
2020298,6822.70
2021306,4502.60
  • Total
  • Crude

French Guiana death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195042599616.2938.15
195542897515.0534.41
19604401,03813.4831.95
19654231,25910.8632.03
19704131,5128.6331.76
19754441,5517.8427.71
19804671,8406.8626.92
19855022,6065.6929.62
19905523,5564.8431.16
19955904,2414.2630.81
20006164,7473.7228.64
20056615,6333.2928.00
20107026,3393.0227.26
20157576,8472.8826.03
20208917,3592.9924.67
20219257,4383.0224.30
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of French Guiana

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195013,66711,805-53.656
195516,68711,8033.5158.573
196020,28511,7474.5663.327
196525,56913,3234.8365.745
197032,32115,6094.3867.433
197538,86217,3613.6269.121
198047,39219,5854.6770.759
198562,79923,6406.5772.651
199086,42329,3615.5974.641
1995105,73131,6693.7776.952
2000129,08134,0844.6679.111
2005165,33638,4904.4581.116
2010194,19239,9893.0782.924
2015226,99641,6953.0684.482
2020260,87743,1052.7085.820
2021267,83043,3712.6786.063
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  • Gender ratio

French Guiana population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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