Demographics of Martinique

This is a list of the demographics of Martinique, a Caribbean island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France.

Census population and average annual growth rateYear| Pop.| ±%

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1961| 290,679| —
1967| 320,030| +10.1%
1974| 324,832| +1.5%
1982| 328,556| +1.1%
1990| 359,572| +9.4%
1999| 381,325| +6.0%
2009| 396,404| +4.0%
Source:[1]

## Population

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According to INSEE Martinique has an estimated population of 390,371 on 1 January 2012.[1] Life expectancy at birth is 78.9 years for males and 84.8 for females (figures for 2011).[1]

### Structure of the population

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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2010)(Provisional):[2]

Age Group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | %

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Total  | 182 644  | 213 664  | 396 308  | 100
0-4  | 12 113  | 11 573  | 23 686  | 5.98
5-9  | 13 174  | 13 236  | 26 410  | 6.66
10-14  | 14 074  | 13 562  | 27 636  | 6.97
15-19  | 14 763  | 14 658  | 29 421  | 7.42
20-24  | 11 099  | 11 488  | 22 587  | 5.70
25-29  | 7 989  | 10 199  | 18 188  | 4.59
30-34  | 8 326  | 11 584  | 19 910  | 5.02
35-39  | 11 585  | 15 995  | 27 580  | 6.96
40-44  | 14 036  | 18 055  | 32 091  | 8.10
45-49  | 15 044  | 18 076  | 33 120  | 8.36
50-54  | 13 186  | 15 504  | 28 690  | 7.24
55-59  | 11 376  | 13 554  | 24 930  | 6.29
60-64  | 10 057  | 11 596  | 21 653  | 5.46
65-69  | 7 816  | 9 145  | 16 961  | 4.28
70-74  | 7 038  | 8 377  | 15 415  | 3.89
75-79  | 4 898  | 6 525  | 11 423  | 2.88
80-84  | 3 461  | 5 003  | 8 464  | 2.14
85-89  | 1 785  | 3 308  | 5 093  | 1.29
90-94  | 593  | 1 532  | 2 125  | 0.54
95+  | 231  | 694  | 925  | 0.23
Age group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | Percent
0-14  | 39 361  | 38 371  | 77 732  | 19.61
15-64  | 117 461  | 140 709  | 258 170  | 65.14
65+  | 25 822  | 34 584  | 60 406  | 15.24

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 01.I.2015): [3]

Age Group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | %

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Total  | 176 328  | 204 549  | 380 877  | 100
0–4  | 9 968  | 9 545  | 19 514  | 5.12
5–9  | 11 841  | 11 338  | 23 179  | 6.09
10–14  | 12 616  | 12 229  | 24 846  | 6.52
15–19  | 12 913  | 12 152  | 25 065  | 6.58
20–24  | 9 758  | 9 157  | 18 914  | 4.97
25–29  | 8 092  | 9 886  | 17 978  | 4.72
30–34  | 7 651  | 10 233  | 17 884  | 4.70
35–39  | 8 508  | 11 474  | 19 983  | 5.25
40–44  | 11 391  | 14 984  | 26 375  | 6.92
45–49  | 13 979  | 17 073  | 31 052  | 8.15
50–54  | 14 886  | 17 891  | 32 777  | 8.61
55–59  | 13 462  | 15 101  | 28 564  | 7.50
60–64  | 11 229  | 13 609  | 24 838  | 6.52
65-69  | 9 408  | 11 084  | 20 492  | 5.38
70-74  | 7 148  | 8 638  | 15 786  | 4.14
75-79  | 6 019  | 7 582  | 13 601  | 3.57
80-84  | 4 090  | 5 710  | 9 800  | 2.57
85-89  | 2 174  | 3 836  | 6 010  | 1.58
90-94  | 895  | 2 067  | 2 962  | 0.78
95-99  | 241  | 731  | 971  | 0.25
100+  | 59  | 228  | 287  | 0.08
Age group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | Percent
0–14  | 34 425  | 33 112  | 67 537  | 17.73
15–64  | 111 869  | 131 561  | 243 430  | 63.91
65+  | 30 034  | 39 876  | 69 910  | 18.36

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021): [3]

Age Group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | %

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Total  | 162 310  | 193 719  | 356 029  | 100
0–4  | 8 196  | 7 868  | 16 064  | 4.51
5–9  | 8 896  | 9 008  | 17 904  | 5.03
10–14  | 10 595  | 10 353  | 20 948  | 5.88
15–19  | 10 819  | 10 682  | 21 501  | 6.04
20–24  | 8 965  | 8 519  | 17 484  | 4.91
25–29  | 6 985  | 8 407  | 15 392  | 4.32
30–34  | 7 420  | 9 856  | 17 276  | 4.85
35–39  | 7 381  | 10 175  | 17 556  | 4.93
40–44  | 7 153  | 10 212  | 17 365  | 4.88
45–49  | 10 044  | 13 700  | 23 744  | 6.67
50–54  | 12 864  | 16 287  | 29 151  | 8.19
55–59  | 14 470  | 17 451  | 31 921  | 8.97
60–64  | 13 510  | 15 187  | 28 697  | 8.06
65-69  | 11 067  | 13 016  | 24 083  | 6.76
70-74  | 8 892  | 10 594  | 19 486  | 5.47
75-79  | 6 193  | 7 905  | 14 098  | 3.96
80-84  | 4 612  | 6 607  | 11 219  | 3.15
85-89  | 2 789  | 4 366  | 7 155  | 2.01
90-94  | 1 107  | 2 355  | 3 462  | 0.97
95-99  | 327  | 897  | 1 224  | 0.34
100-104  | 25  | 197  | 222  | 0.06
105-109  | 0  | 73  | 73  | 0.02
110+  | 0  | 4  | 4  | <0.01
Age group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | Percent
0–14  | 27 687  | 27 229  | 54 916  | 15.42
15–64  | 99 611  | 120 476  | 220 087  | 61.82
65+  | 35 012  | 46 014  | 81 026  | 22.76

## Vital statistics

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Year[1][4] | Population (x1000) (01.01)  | Live births  | Deaths  | Natural change  | Crude birth rate (per 1000)  | Crude death rate (per 1000)  | Natural change (per 1000)  | Total fertility rate

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1950  | 222  | 8 420 | 2 987 | 5 433  | 37.3 | 13.7 | 23.7  |
1951  | 224  | 8 750 | 3 356 | 5 394  | 38.8 | 14.2 | 24.6  |
1952  | 228  | 8 712 | 3 193 | 5 519  | 38.3 | 14.3 | 24.0  |
1953  | 233  | 9 409 | 2 455 | 6 954  | 39.6 | 11.6 | 27.9  |
1954  | 239  | 9 558 | 2 499 | 7 059  | 39.4 | 11.0 | 28.5  |
1955  | 246  | 9 770 | 2 660 | 7 110  | 39.8 | 11.2 | 28.6  |
1956  | 253  | 10 146 | 2 529 | 7 617  | 39.8 | 10.0 | 29.8  |
1957  | 260  | 10 502 | 2 533 | 7 969  | 39.1 | 10.6 | 28.5  |
1958  | 267  | 10 295 | 2 754 | 7 541  | 38.4 | 9.9 | 28.4  |
1959  | 274  | 10 435 | 2 347 | 8 088  | 37.5 | 8.7 | 28.8  |
1960  | 282  | 10 661 | 2 678 | 7 983  | 38.4 | 9.7 | 28.7  |
1961  | 288  | 10 573 | 2 289 | 8 284  | 36.5 | 8.2 | 28.3  |
1962  | 295  | 10 663 | 2 546 | 8 117  | 37.3 | 8.5 | 28.8  |
1963  | 301  | 10 217 | 2 514 | 7 703  | 35.4 | 8.3 | 27.1  |
1964  | 306  | 10 337 | 2 523 | 7 814  | 34.4 | 8.1 | 26.4  |
1965  | 311  | 10 747 | 2 389 | 8 358  | 34.8 | 8.1 | 26.8  |
1966  | 315  | 10 094 | 2 435 | 7 659  | 33.7 | 7.9 | 25.7  |
1967  | 319  | 9 877 | 2 377 | 7 500  | 31.7 | 7.9 | 23.8  |
1968  | 321  | 9 848 | 2 290 | 7 558  | 31.9 | 7.6 | 24.3  |
1969  | 323  | 8 893 | 2 493 | 6 400  | 29.0 | 7.7 | 21.3  |
1970  | 325  | 9 275 | 2 559 | 6 716  | 28.9 | 7.8 | 21.1  |
1971  | 326  | 9 214 | 2 230 | 6 984  | 29.7 | 7.0 | 22.6  |
1972  | 327  | 8 657 | 2 280 | 6 377  | 28.4 | 7.3 | 21.2  |
1973  | 328  | 7 683 | 2 382 | 5 301  | 26.3 | 7.4 | 18.9  |
1974  | 328  | 7 317 | 2 427 | 4 890  | 24.6 | 7.4 | 17.2  |
1975  | 328  | 6 741 | 2 300 | 4 441  | 22.9 | 7.1 | 15.8  |
1976  | 327  | 5 873 | 2 344 | 3 529  | 19.5 | 7.2 | 12.3  |
1977  | 326  | 5 409 | 2 173 | 3 236  | 17.9 | 6.8 | 11.1  |
1978  | 325  | 5 065 | 2 188 | 2 877  | 16.4 | 6.7 | 9.7  |
1979  | 325  | 5 439 | 2 120 | 3 319  | 17.2 | 6.5 | 10.7  |
1980  | 325  | 5 363 | 2 164 | 3 199  | 18.1 | 6.6 | 11.5  |
1981  | 327  | 5 406 | 2 041 | 3 365  | 18.2 | 6.4 | 11.8  |
1982  | 329  | 5 376 | 2 113 | 3 263  | 18.2 | 6.4 | 11.8  |
1983  | 333  | 5 641 | 2 207 | 3 434  | 18.5 | 6.6 | 11.9  |
1984  | 336  | 5 712 | 2 072 | 3 640  | 18.3 | 6.4 | 11.9  |
1985  | 340  | 5 711 | 2 132 | 3 579  | 18.2 | 6.5 | 11.7  |
1986  | 344  | 5 969 | 2 112 | 3 857  | 17.7 | 6.2 | 11.5  |
1987  | 348  | 6 328 | 2 149 | 4 179  | 18.6 | 6.2 | 12.4  |
1988  | 352  | 6 386 | 2 092 | 4 294  | 18.7 | 6.0 | 12.7  |
1989  | 355  | 6 565 | 2 162 | 4 403  | 19.3 | 6.1 | 13.2  |
1990  | 358.406  | 6 437 | 2 228 | 4 209  | 18.0 | 6.2 | 11.7  |
1991  | 359.774  | 6 316 | 2 181 | 4 135  | 17.5 | 6.0 | 11.5  |
1992  | 361.420  | 6 315 | 2 182 | 4 133  | 17.4 | 6.0 | 11.4  |
1993  | 363.344  | 5 901 | 2 226 | 3 675  | 16.2 | 6.1 | 10.1  |
1994  | 365.554  | 5 698 | 2 216 | 3 482  | 15.5 | 6.0 | 9.5  |
1995  | 368.045  | 5 644 | 2 338 | 3 306  | 15.3 | 6.3 | 9.0  |
1996  | 370.818  | 5 669 | 2 290 | 3 379  | 15.3 | 6.2 | 9.1  |
1997  | 373.873  | 5 735 | 2 403 | 3 332  | 15.3 | 6.4 | 8.9  |
1998  | 377.221  | 5 793 | 2 530 | 3 263  | 15.3 | 6.7 | 8.6  | 1.90
1999  | 380.863  | 5 766 | 2 551 | 3 215  | 15.1 | 6.7 | 8.4  | 1.91
2000  | 383.575  | 5 890 | 2 639 | 3 251  | 15.3 | 6.9 | 8.5  | 2.00
2001  | 386.542  | 5 774 | 2 734 | 3 040  | 14.9 | 7.1 | 7.9  | 1.98
2002  | 389.302  | 5 446 | 2 649 | 2 797  | 14.0 | 6.8 | 7.2  | 1.89
2003  | 391.676  | 5 430 | 2 727 | 2 703  | 13.8 | 7.0 | 6.9  | 1.92
2004  | 393.852  | 5 255 | 2 645 | 2 610  | 13.3 | 6.7 | 6.6  | 1.91
2005  | 395.982  | 5 032 | 2 610 | 2 422  | 12.7 | 6.6 | 6.1  | 1.86
2006  | 397.732  | 5 370 | 2 663 | 2 707  | 13.5 | 6.7 | 6.8  | 2.04
2007  | 397.730  | 5 317 | 2 830 | 2 487  | 13.3 | 7.1 | 6.2  | 2.05
2008  | 397.693  | 5 333 | 2 793 | 2 540  | 13.4 | 7.0 | 6.4  | 2.10
2009  | 396.404  | 5 174 | 2 771 | 2 403  | 12.9 | 6.9 | 6.0  | 2.07
2010  | 394.173  | 4 888 | 2 843 | 2 045  | 12.4 | 7.2 | 5.2  | 2.02
2011  | 392.291  | 4 475 | 2 741 | 1 734  | 11.5 | 7.0 | 4.5  | 1.91
2012  | 388.364  | 4 458 | 2 816 | 1 642  | 11.5 | 7.3 | 4.2  | 1.99
2013  | 385.551  | 4 128 | 2 902 | 1 226  | 10.7 | 7.5 | 3.2  | 1.91
2014  | 383.911  | 4 367 | 3 319 | 1 048  | 11.4 | 8.7 | 2.7  | 2.08
2015  | 380.877  | 3 972 | 3 057 | 915  | 10.5 | 8.1 | 2.4  | 1.94
2016  | 376.480  | 3 782 | 3 284 | 498  | 10.0 | 8.7 | 1.3  | 1.90
2017  | 372.594  | 3 640 | 3 217 | 423  | 9.8 | 8.7 | 1.1  | 1.87
2018  | 368.783  | 3 670 | 3 292 | 378  | 10.0 | 9.0 | 1.0  | 1.90
2019  | 364.508  | 3 749 | 3 559 | 190  | 10.3 | 9.8 | 0.5  | 1.97
2020  | 361.225  | 3 529 | 3 586 | -57  | 9.8 | 9.9 | -0.1  | 1.85
2021  | 360.749  | 3 627 | 4 642 | -1 015  | 10.1 | 12.9 | -2.8  | 1.89
2022  | 361.019  | 3 493 | 4 188 | -695  | 9.7 | 11.6 | -1.9  | 1.85
2023  | 359.202  | 3 335 | 3 820 | -485  | 9.3 | 10.7 | -1.4  | 1.79
2024  | 357.590  |  |  |  | 7.9 | 10.7 | -2.8  | 1.52
2025  | 355.459  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Ethnic groups

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African Martinicans and African-White-Indian mixture 80%; Indo-Martiniquais 10%; White Martinicans 5%; Lebanese, Jewish, Syrian, and Chinese Martinicans comprise less than 5% of the population.[5] Note that French government forbids ethnic censuses. Those numbers are not official and may be inaccurate.[6]

## Languages

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French is the official language and is understood by the majority of the population. Martinican Creole, a form of Antillean Creole, is also spoken by most of the population.

## Religion

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Martinique's population is predominantly Christian, with 96.5% of Martinicans identifying as such.[7] A much smaller number of Martinicans identify as unaffiliated with any religion, accounting for 2.3% of the population.[7] Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam[8] all have a presence on the island, each accounting for less than 1% of the population.[7] Muslims account for 0.5% or 1751 person, out of population of 350,373.

## See also

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* Demographics of France

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Résultats de la recherche | Insee". www.insee.fr.
2. ^ "United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics". Archived from the original on 2004-09-21.
3. ^ a b "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
4. ^ "Demographic Yearbook". United Nations Statistics Division.[not specific enough to verify]
5. ^ "Martinique Population 2019". World Population Review. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
6. ^ "Statistiques ethniques". Insee.fr. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
7. ^ a b c "Religions in Martinique". Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
8. ^ Kuczynski, Liliane (2010-09-01). "Une mosquée en Martinique". Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French) (151): 25–46\. doi:10.4000/assr.22307. ISSN 0335-5985.

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Demographics of the Caribbean

* British West Indies
* Danish West Indies
* Dutch Caribbean
* Caribbean Netherlands
* Netherlands Antilles
* French West Indies
* West Indies Federation

West
Indies|

| Antilles|

| Greater
Antilles|

* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Jamaica
* Navassa Island
* Puerto Rico

| Hispaniola|

* Dominican Republic
* Haiti

|

Lesser
Antilles|

| Leeward
Islands|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Guadeloupe
* La Désirade
* Les Saintes
* Marie-Galante
* Montserrat
* Saba^*
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Sint Eustatius^*

| Saint Martin^|

* Collectivity of Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten

|

Virgin Islands|

* British Virgin Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean|

| Leeward
Antilles|

* Insular Venezuela
* Federal Dependencies
* Nueva Esparta

| ABC islands|

* Aruba
* Bonaire*
* Curaçao

|

Windward
Islands|

* Dominica
* Grenada
* Carriacou and Petite Martinique
* Martinique
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

*  Barbados†
* Trinidad and Tobago†

Lucayan
Archipelago|

* Bahamas
* Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea|

* Aves Island
* San Andrés and Providencia
* Bajo Nuevo Bank~
* Serranilla Bank~

Caribbean
continental
zone|

* Quintana Roo
* Cozumel

| Central America|

* Belize
* Honduras
* Bay Islands
* Izabal
* Limón
* Corn Islands
* North Caribbean Coast
* South Caribbean Coast
* Panama

|

South America|

* Colombian Caribbean
* Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:|

* Bermuda#
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua

| Yucatán Peninsula|

* Campeche
* Petén
* Yucatán

|

The Guianas|

* Amapá
* French Guiana
* Venezuelan Guayana
* Guyana
* Guayana Esequibaǂ
* Tigri Areaǂ
* Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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Demographics of French overseas departments and territories

Overseas departments|

* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Mayotte
* Réunion

Overseas collectivities|

* French Polynesia
* St. Barthélemy
* St. Martin
* St. Pierre and Miquelon
* Wallis and Futuna

Special status|

* New Caledonia

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Demographics of North America

Sovereign states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Dependencies and
other territories

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Saba
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States Virgin Islands

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