Demographics of Reunion

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date24 Jul 2024

There are 417k males and 461k females in Réunion. The percentage of the male population is 47.5%, compared to 52.5% of the female population. Réunion has 44k more females than males. The sex ratio in Réunion in 2024 will be 90.487 males per 100 females. Réunion is in the 21th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Réunion population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950249,2143.76
1955300,4263.65
1960359,5563.56
1965418,7112.65
1970469,0881.84
1975511,3011.69
1980553,1341.34
1985600,4111.78
1990652,5721.81
1995710,4551.55
2000763,1401.20
2005800,2240.38
2010844,4710.64
2015865,012-0.20
2020861,4461.10
2021868,0790.44
2024878,5910.44
  • Total
  • Crude

Réunion death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,92712,57119.77050.444
19554,32813,96914.40546.497
19604,05414,58111.27640.553
19653,88716,6289.28439.713
19703,56113,9457.59229.728
19753,33814,5446.52828.445
19803,13213,0065.66323.514
19853,00912,8655.01221.426
19903,25713,4694.99120.639
19953,55812,2925.00917.301
20003,92414,8125.14219.409
20054,16915,8695.20919.831
20103,80713,7494.50816.281
20154,16713,4044.81715.496
20204,66611,8365.41713.740
20215,42912,1726.25414.022
20225,58912,1246.41313.911
20234,79712,0035.48213.719
20244,94611,7115.63013.329
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Réunion

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195058,290189,82023.493
195581,450210,20827.926
1960110,236225,45732.838
1965149,095241,68038.154
1970192,488269,53741.662
1975215,529269,24844.459
1980272,356236,90953.480
1985379,443179,25667.916
1990495,959114,62381.227
1995580,04593,49686.119
2000671,64965,06191.169
2005762,32329,27596.302
2010818,06712,45298.501
2015857,6595,70499.339
2020893,4813,05599.659
2021900,3342,74899.696
2022907,0822,48899.726
2023913,7122,26699.753
2024920,2012,07899.775
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Réunion population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 29,427 28,503 57,930 6.59 103.242
05-09 30,692 29,712 60,404 6.88 103.298
10-14 32,489 32,301 64,790 7.37 100.582
15-19 34,062 33,015 67,078 7.63 103.171
20-24 27,248 27,110 54,358 6.19 100.509
25-29 20,118 23,761 43,879 4.99 84.668
30-34 22,646 27,641 50,288 5.72 81.929
35-39 23,884 30,022 53,906 6.14 79.555
40-44 24,629 30,443 55,072 6.27 80.902
45-49 25,321 29,293 54,614 6.22 86.440
50-54 27,691 30,994 58,684 6.68 89.343
55-59 30,402 33,279 63,681 7.25 91.355
60-64 28,064 29,512 57,577 6.55 95.094
65-69 22,075 24,264 46,339 5.27 90.978
70-74 16,570 19,203 35,773 4.07 86.289
75-79 10,565 13,231 23,796 2.71 79.850
80-84 6,679 9,341 16,020 1.82 71.502
85-89 3,248 5,901 9,149 1.04 55.042
90-94 1,187 2,645 3,832 0.44 44.877
95-99 284 841 1,125 0.13 33.769
100+ 75 221 296 0.03 33.937
Total 417,356 461,233 878,591 90.487