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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2024)		308^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		3.8^a,b
Capital city		Cayenne
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		57.5^d
Surface area (km2)		83 534^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		92.8^a,b
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Employment in industry (% of employed)	14.9^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	58.3^f,g,h	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	21.3^f,i,j	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.4 / 58.8^f,i,j	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	105	108^l	118^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	1.9	0.8	1.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	84.5	85.6^m	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	3.5	3.7	3.3^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	79.2 / 74.1	80.5 / 74.6	80.1 / 74.3^a
Population age distribution^b,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	35.3 / 7.6	31.9 / 9.7	31.1 / 10.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	106.1 / 40.7^p	119.2 / 39.9^p	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	12.2	11.5	11.1^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	13.3	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	67	79	162^e
Forested area (% of land area)	96.8	96.6	96.6^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.7 / 2.9^r,s	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3^t,s	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	52^r,t,s	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u (000)	87	111^v	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	81.3	83.2	83.2^e

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2018
e		2023
f		Excluding the institutional population.
g		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
h		2012
i		Break in the time series.
j		2013
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Average for 6 months excluding data for April to September.
m		2019
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Including refugees.
q		2021
r		Estimate.
s		2010
t		Data after 2010 are included in France.
u		Survey at Cayenne-Rochambeau airport on departure.
v		2017