Page last updated on January 12, 2017

Population:
31,949 (July 2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 217
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Ethnic groups:
Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), white, East Indian

Languages:
French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)

Religions:
Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestant, Hindu

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.38% (male 4,197/female 4,232)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 10.43% (male 1,656/female 1,676)
[see also: Age structure 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 46.87% (male 7,139/female 7,836)
[see also: Age structure 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 8.67% (male 1,287/female 1,483)
[see also: Age structure 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 7.65% (male 1,085/female 1,358) (2016 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.

For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.

Median age:
total: 32.3 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 31.3 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 33.2 years (2016 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 98

Population distribution:
most of the population is found along the coast, with a largest concentrations around Marigot, Orleans, and Grand-Case

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016)