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Demographics

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 features of the population

Population

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 of Mayotte

Mayotte

Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre , a smaller island, Petite-Terre , and several islets around these two. The archipelago is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and...

, including population density

Population density

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, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, 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.

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:
6.33 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:

noun:
Mahorais (singular and plural)

adjective:
Mahoran

Ethnic groups:
NA

Religions:
Muslim

Muslim

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 97%, Christian

Christian

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 (mostly Roman Catholic)

Languages: Mahorian

Shimaore language

Maore Comorian, or Shimaore , is one of the two indigenous languages spoken in the French-ruled Comorian islands of Mayotte; Shimaore being a dialect of the Comorian language, while KiBushi is an unrelated Malayo-Polynesian language originally from Madagascar...

 (a Swahili

Swahili language

Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...

 dialect), French

French language

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 (official language

Official language

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) spoken by 35% of the population

Literacy:

definition:
NA

total population: 86%
(Encyclopedia Britannica)

male:
NA%

female:
NA%