Demographics of Mayotte

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Mayotte is projected at 0.28 million, up by 2.45% compared with 0.27 million in 2020. Mayotte is ranked 186th in terms of population and 31st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 7.49 thousand births in Mayotte in 2021. That is 21 per day, which is ranked 172nd. The crude birth rate is 26.76 per 1000 people. There are 779 thousand deaths in Mayotte in 2021. That is 2 per day, which is ranked 198th. The crude death rate is 2.79 per 1000 people.

0.13 million people are living in urban areas, which is 45.6% of Mayotte population. Mayotte is ranked 168th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Mayotte in 2021 is 96.79 males per 100 females. There are 0.137 million males and 0.142 million females in Mayotte. The percentage of female population is 50.82% compare to 49.18% male population. Mayotte has 4.56 thousand more females than males. Mayotte is at 59th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Mayotte population

Year Population Growth (%)
195015,138-
195518,9944.93
196024,0164.92
196530,5204.45
197036,9643.97
197545,4803.99
198055,1364.53
198572,1085.72
199094,7795.65
1995123,1864.87
2000150,3313.73
2005178,1033.34
2010208,7163.07
2015240,0112.72
2016246,4602.69
2017252,9622.64
2018259,5262.59
2019266,1532.55
2020272,8132.5
2021279,5072.45
  • Total
  • Crude

Mayotte death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195048963930.9640.77
195542679822.3141.92
19603911,06116.0743.81
19653781,38912.3945.77
19703691,7589.8747.19
19753612,2197.9348.87
19803562,7266.3248.57
19853663,3665.0346.15
19903883,7954.0540.03
19954224,3763.4235.48
20004605,4633.0536.30
20054946,5882.7636.81
20105287,1452.5334.30
20156167,1612.5629.79
20207537,4102.7627.13
20217797,4912.7926.76
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mayotte

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,29013,851-8.520
19552,25616,72912.0211.881
19603,92220,09311.7116.333
19656,72623,80010.7322.033
19709,29627,6735.9325.146
197512,52832,9555.8827.544
198016,58538,5526.3630.080
198523,79448,3107.6732.999
199034,17660,6087.5136.057
199551,06872,1138.0741.458
200071,75478,5776.5547.731
200589,46288,6363.2450.232
2010102,176106,5422.2148.954
2015112,783127,2371.9846.989
2020124,952148,1582.1245.751
2021127,630152,2442.1445.602
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Mayotte population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 18,539 18,015 36,554 13.08 102.909
05-09 17,929 17,426 35,355 12.65 102.886
10-14 17,927 17,439 35,366 12.65 102.798
15-19 15,556 15,169 30,725 10.99 102.551
20-24 13,146 12,800 25,946 9.28 102.703
25-29 9,542 10,119 19,661 7.03 94.298
30-34 7,678 9,645 17,323 6.20 79.606
35-39 6,890 9,129 16,019 5.73 75.474
40-44 7,136 8,092 15,228 5.45 88.186
45-49 6,485 6,440 12,925 4.62 100.699
50-54 4,806 4,919 9,725 3.48 97.703
55-59 3,556 3,752 7,308 2.61 94.776
60-64 2,672 2,833 5,505 1.97 94.317
65-69 2,061 2,191 4,252 1.52 94.067
70-74 1,494 1,566 3,060 1.09 95.402
75-79 1,011 1,139 2,150 0.77 88.762
80-84 605 706 1,311 0.47 85.694
85-89 299 397 696 0.25 75.315
90-94 115 178 293 0.10 64.607
95-99 24 63 87 0.03 38.095
100+ 1 17 18 0.01 5.882
Total 137,472 142,035 279,507 96.787