Demographics of Reunion

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Reunion is projected at 0.902 million, up by 0.71% compared with 0.895 million in 2020. Reunion is ranked 162nd in terms of population and 140th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 12.82 thousand births in Reunion in 2021. That is 35 per day, which is ranked 163rd. The crude birth rate is 14.21 per 1000 people. There are 5.76 thousand deaths in Reunion in 2021. That is 16 per day, which is ranked 163rd. The crude death rate is 6.39 per 1000 people.

0.9 million people are living in urban areas, which is 99.7% of Reunion population. Reunion is ranked 13th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Reunion in 2021 is 93.77 males per 100 females. There are 0.44 million males and 0.47 million females in Reunion. The percentage of female population is 51.61% compare to 48.39% male population. Reunion has 29 thousand more females than males. Reunion is at 28th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

See Also:

Demographics of India View More Country Statistics

Top Statistics :

Olympics Medal Table 2020 List of continents by gdp per capita World urban population
  • Population
  • Growth rate

Reunion population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950248,114-
1955291,6632.67
1960335,6942.92
1965390,7733.43
1970462,0292.5
1975484,7850.64
1980509,2641.35
1985558,7041.93
1990610,5841.86
1995673,5431.96
2000736,7141.69
2005791,5981.25
2010830,5070.85
2015863,3590.75
2016869,7420.74
2017876,1310.73
2018882,5310.73
2019888,9320.73
2020895,3080.72
2021901,6960.71
  • Total
  • Crude

Reunion death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505,51913,32721.5852.26
19554,81013,62616.5346.85
19604,30014,94112.7144.17
19653,95915,93610.0240.36
19703,57714,2037.8831.42
19753,23511,8906.6424.39
19803,16011,8696.1523.10
19853,28213,3675.8823.93
19903,39714,2335.5523.27
19953,51714,1625.2221.03
20003,72914,7185.0719.98
20054,02414,8405.1018.80
20104,40214,3015.3017.22
20155,06413,5755.8615.72
20205,67712,8736.3414.37
20215,76112,8156.3914.21
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Reunion

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195058,290189,820-23.493
195581,450210,2086.1927.926
1960110,236225,4576.2232.838
1965149,095241,6806.4838.154
1970192,488269,5373.3941.662
1975215,529269,2483.8344.459
1980272,356236,9094.8953.480
1985379,443179,2567.1167.916
1990495,959114,6234.4181.227
1995580,04593,4963.0286.119
2000671,64965,0613.5291.169
2005762,32329,2752.0196.302
2010818,06712,4521.1698.501
2015857,6595,7040.8799.339
2020893,4813,0550.7999.659
2021900,3342,7480.7799.696
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Reunion population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 32,380 31,468 63,848 7.08 102.898
05-09 34,183 33,056 67,239 7.46 103.409
10-14 34,398 33,224 67,622 7.50 103.534
15-19 35,934 34,699 70,633 7.83 103.559
20-24 33,316 31,891 65,207 7.23 104.468
25-29 27,800 28,098 55,898 6.20 98.939
30-34 23,280 26,513 49,793 5.52 87.806
35-39 22,443 27,199 49,642 5.51 82.514
40-44 25,817 30,499 56,316 6.25 84.649
45-49 28,015 30,967 58,982 6.54 90.467
50-54 31,227 33,469 64,696 7.17 93.301
55-59 29,558 31,942 61,500 6.82 92.536
60-64 24,757 26,549 51,306 5.69 93.250
65-69 20,099 22,295 42,394 4.70 90.150
70-74 13,903 15,696 29,599 3.28 88.577
75-79 9,243 11,146 20,389 2.26 82.927
80-84 5,634 8,066 13,700 1.52 69.849
85-89 2,982 4,960 7,942 0.88 60.121
90-94 1,073 2,432 3,505 0.39 44.120
95-99 288 1,036 1,324 0.15 27.799
100+ 20 141 161 0.02 14.184
Total 436,350 465,346 901,696 93.769