Population:
436,131 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.1% (male 48,988/female 47,525)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 147,082/female 146,470)
65 years and over: 10.6% (male 20,791/female 25,275) (2006 est.)

Median age:
total: 34.1 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 34.8 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.72% (2006 est.)

Birth rate:
13.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate:
6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.18 years
male: 79.5 years
female: 78.85 years (2006 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.79 children born/woman (2006 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

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

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: Martiniquais (singular and plural)
adjective: Martiniquais

Ethnic groups:
African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian and Chinese less than 5%

Religions:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)

Languages:
French, Creole patois