Demographics of Reunion

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Réunion is projected at 882k, compared to 879k in 2024. It ranks 164th in the world by population and 52nd in Africa. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.43 percent, the 149th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 419k males and 463k females in Réunion. The percentage of the male population is 47.49%, compared to 52.51% of the female population. Réunion has 44k more females than males. The sex ratio in Réunion in 2025 will be 90.454 males per 100 females. Réunion is in the 22nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Réunion population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	119,671	129,542	249,214	3.76	92.380
1955	145,184	155,243	300,426	3.65	93.520
1960	174,855	184,701	359,556	3.56	94.669
1965	204,512	214,198	418,711	2.65	95.478
1970	229,791	239,298	469,088	1.84	96.027
1975	250,571	260,731	511,301	1.69	96.103
1980	272,824	280,310	553,134	1.34	97.329
1985	296,836	303,575	600,411	1.78	97.780
1990	323,533	329,039	652,572	1.81	98.327
1995	351,072	359,383	710,455	1.55	97.687
2000	375,632	387,509	763,140	1.20	96.935
2005	386,505	413,719	800,224	0.38	93.422
2010	403,325	441,147	844,471	0.64	91.426
2015	411,087	453,925	865,012	-0.20	90.563
2020	409,054	452,392	861,446	1.10	90.420
2021	412,553	455,526	868,079	0.44	90.566
2022	414,375	457,166	871,540	0.36	90.640
2023	415,647	459,236	874,883	0.41	90.508
2024	417,358	461,233	878,591	0.44	90.487
2025	419,089	463,317	882,405	0.43	90.454

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	47.560	18.974	6.963
1955	54.087	17.559	6.766
1960	57.662	16.255	6.105
1965	60.974	15.933	6.152
1970	63.204	16.848	4.299
1975	66.019	18.394	3.647
1980	69.372	19.847	2.874
1985	72.581	21.810	2.510
1990	74.189	24.726	2.571
1995	75.711	26.223	2.272
2000	77.009	26.929	2.499
2005	77.953	28.546	2.486
2010	80.474	30.142	2.189
2015	81.912	32.934	2.235
2020	82.576	36.259	2.146
2021	81.500	36.653	2.190
2022	81.500	37.065	2.187
2023	83.547	37.430	2.174
2024	83.671	37.773	2.151
2025	83.804	38.103	2.132

Total
Crude

Réunion death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	4,927	12,571	19.770	50.444
1955	4,328	13,969	14.405	46.497
1960	4,054	14,581	11.276	40.553
1965	3,887	16,628	9.284	39.713
1970	3,561	13,945	7.592	29.728
1975	3,338	14,544	6.528	28.445
1980	3,132	13,006	5.663	23.514
1985	3,009	12,865	5.012	21.426
1990	3,257	13,469	4.991	20.639
1995	3,558	12,292	5.009	17.301
2000	3,924	14,812	5.142	19.409
2005	4,169	15,869	5.209	19.831
2010	3,807	13,749	4.508	16.281
2015	4,167	13,404	4.817	15.496
2020	4,666	11,836	5.417	13.740
2021	5,429	12,172	6.254	14.022
2022	5,589	12,124	6.413	13.911
2023	4,797	12,003	5.482	13.719
2024	4,946	11,711	5.630	13.329
2025	5,102	11,493	5.782	13.024

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Réunion

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	58,290	189,820	23.493
1955	81,450	210,208	27.926
1960	110,236	225,457	32.838
1965	149,095	241,680	38.154
1970	192,488	269,537	41.662
1975	215,529	269,248	44.459
1980	272,356	236,909	53.480
1985	379,443	179,256	67.916
1990	495,959	114,623	81.227
1995	580,045	93,496	86.119
2000	671,649	65,061	91.169
2005	762,323	29,275	96.302
2010	818,067	12,452	98.501
2015	857,659	5,704	99.339
2020	893,481	3,055	99.659
2021	900,334	2,748	99.696
2022	907,082	2,488	99.726
2023	913,712	2,266	99.753
2024	920,201	2,078	99.775

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Réunion population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	29,190	28,414	57,604	6.53	102.731
05-09	30,107	29,046	59,153	6.70	103.653
10-14	32,186	31,852	64,038	7.26	101.049
15-19	34,005	33,076	67,081	7.60	102.809
20-24	29,056	28,243	57,299	6.49	102.879
25-29	20,549	23,842	44,391	5.03	86.188
30-34	21,428	26,337	47,766	5.41	81.361
35-39	23,845	29,707	53,553	6.07	80.267
40-44	24,202	30,340	54,542	6.18	79.769
45-49	25,003	29,305	54,309	6.15	85.320
50-54	27,084	30,654	57,738	6.54	88.354
55-59	29,647	32,762	62,409	7.07	90.492
60-64	29,195	30,695	59,891	6.79	95.113
65-69	22,631	24,901	47,532	5.39	90.884
70-74	17,600	20,227	37,827	4.29	87.012
75-79	11,240	14,153	25,393	2.88	79.418
80-84	6,861	9,637	16,498	1.87	71.194
85-89	3,557	6,163	9,720	1.10	57.715
90-94	1,334	2,852	4,186	0.47	46.774
95-99	292	874	1,166	0.13	33.410
100+	76	235	311	0.04	32.340
Total	419,088	463,315	882,407		90.454