Demographics of Mayotte

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1950	15,000	—
1960	24,000	+60.0%
1970	37,000	+54.2%
1980	55,000	+48.6%
1990	92,000	+67.3%
2000	149,000	+62.0%
2010	204,000	+36.9%
Source:

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Mayotte, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Mayotte's population density went from 179 persons per square kilometer in 1985 to 251 per square kilometer in 1991. Its capital, Dzaoudzi, had a population of 5,865 according to the 1985 census; the island's largest town, Mamoudzou, had 12,026 people.

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (31.07.2007) (Census, complete tabulation) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	91 405	94 982	186 387	100
0-4	16 203	15 650	31 853	17,09
5-9	13 739	13 500	27 239	14,61
10-14	11 483	11 920	23 403	12,56
15-19	9 144	9 580	18 724	10,05
20-24	5 789	7 871	13 660	7,33
25-29	6 262	8 725	14 987	8,04
30-34	6 651	7 725	14 376	7,71
35-39	6 468	5 922	12 390	6,65
40-44	4 385	3 990	8 375	4,49
45-49	3 261	2 872	6 133	3,29
50-54	2 508	2 255	4 763	2,56
55-59	1 948	1 618	3 566	1,91
60-64	1 329	1 193	2 522	1,35
65-69	833	788	1 621	0,87
70-74	671	595	1 266	0,68
75-79	348	341	689	0,37
80-84	234	225	459	0,25
85-89	89	110	199	0,11
90-94	35	66	101	0,05
95+	25	36	61	0,03

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	41 425	41 070	82 495	44,26
15-64	47 745	51 751	99 496	53,38
65+	2 235	2 161	4 396	2,36

Births and deaths

Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural increase	TFR
2007	186 452	7 658	587	7 071	41,1	3,1	38,0

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population: 178,437 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46.5% (male 41,632; female 41,301)
15-64 years: 51.8% (male 50,373; female 42,118)
65 years and over: 1.7% (male 1,502; female 1,511) (2003 est.)

Median age:
total: 16.9 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 15.7 years (2002)

Population growth rate: 3.47% (2008 est.)

Birth rate: 42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 7.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female
total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 65.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
female: 59.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 72.32 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 60.6 years
male: 58.49 years
female: 62.78 years (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Total fertility rate: 4.5 children born/woman (2008 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Mahorais (singular and plural)
adjective: Mahoran

Ethnic groups: NA

Religions: Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)

Languages: Mahorian (a Swahili dialect), French (official language) spoken by 35% of the population

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: 86% (Encyclopædia Britannica)
male: NA%
female: NA%

Hospital

The centre hospitalier de Mayotte is a French hospital located in Mamoudzou, on the ground of Grande-Terre island in Mayotte, in south west of océan Indien. Its technical plate has seen in year 2008, 4,470 out of 8,100 born people seen within the collectivité territoriale. This give it the little nickname of « first maternité of France ». During the year 2007, 62% of women who came there to have a baby were not affiliated to the Sécurité sociale : among them, there are many Anjouan women and other Malgaches women enter illicitly in the French territory.

See also

• Santé à Mayotte