Editing Demographics of Mayotte

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[[Demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Mayotte]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. 

==Population==
[[File:Mayotte Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]

{{Historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|title       = Census population and growth rate
|1958|23364
|1966|32607
|1978|47246
|1985|67167
|1991|94410
|1997|131320
|2002|160265
|2007|186387
|2012|212645
|2017|256518
|2023|310022
|footnote = Source: INSEE
}}

Mayotte's population density went from 62 persons per square kilometer in 1958 to 829 per square kilometer in 2023. Its capital, Dzaoudzi had a population of 5,865 according to the 1985 census; the island's largest town, Mamoudzou, had 12,026 people.

===Age structure===
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 05.IX.2017) (Data from the main operation.): <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 122 261
| align="right" | 134 257
| align="right" | 256 518
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 20 359
| align="right" | 19 946
| align="right" | 40 305
| align="right" | 15.71
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 18 523
| align="right" | 19 126
| align="right" | 37 649
| align="right" | 14.68
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 16 910
| align="right" | 17 392
| align="right" | 34 302
| align="right" | 13.37
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 12 391
| align="right" | 13 234
| align="right" | 25 625
| align="right" | 9.99
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 6 959
| align="right" | 9 583
| align="right" | 16 542
| align="right" | 6.45
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 6 882 
| align="right" | 10 211
| align="right" | 17 093
| align="right" | 6.66
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 7 252
| align="right" | 10 307
| align="right" | 17 559
| align="right" | 6.85
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 7 561
| align="right" | 9 469
| align="right" | 17 030
| align="right" | 6.64
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 6 723
| align="right" | 7 574
| align="right" | 14 297
| align="right" | 5.57
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 6 064
| align="right" | 5 443
| align="right" | 11 507
| align="right" | 4.49
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 3 823
| align="right" | 3 653
| align="right" | 7 476
| align="right" | 2.91
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 3 142
| align="right" | 2 921
| align="right" | 6 063
| align="right" | 2.36
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 231
| align="right" | 1 981
| align="right" | 4 212
| align="right" | 1.64
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 1 540
| align="right" | 1 344
| align="right" | 2 884
| align="right" | 1.12
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 788
| align="right" | 842
| align="right" | 1 630
| align="right" | 0.64
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 546
| align="right" | 600
| align="right" | 1 146
| align="right" | 0.45
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 315
| align="right" | 318
| align="right" | 633
| align="right" | 0.25
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 143
| align="right" | 179
| align="right" | 322
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 58
| align="right" | 63
| align="right" | 121
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 30
| align="right" | 37
| align="right" | 67
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 21
| align="right" | 32
| align="right" | 53
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 55 792
| align="right" | 56 464
| align="right" | 112 256
| align="right" | 43.76
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 63 028
| align="right" | 74 378
| align="right" | 137 406
| align="right" | 53.57
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 3 441
| align="right" | 3 415
| align="right" | 6 856
| align="right" | 2.67
|-
|}

==Births and deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="70"|Year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf |title=Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002–2016) |date=2 January 2018  |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/5349478|title = Naissances et décès à Mayotte en 2020 &#124; Insee}}</ref>
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" | 186,452
| align="right" | 7,658
| align="right" | 587
| align="right" | 7,071
| align="right" | 41.1
| align="right" | 3.1
| align="right" | 38.0
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 223,713
| align="right" | 7,306
| align="right" | 590
| align="right" | 6,716
| align="right" | 32.1
| align="right" | 2.6
| align="right" | 29.5
| align="right" | 4.12
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 232,189
| align="right" | 8,997
| align="right" | 636
| align="right" | 8,361
| align="right" | 38.0
| align="right" | 2.7
| align="right" | 35.3
| align="right" | 4.87
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 240,987	
| align="right" | 9,496
| align="right" | 705
| align="right" | 8,791
| align="right" | 38.7
| align="right" | 2.9
| align="right" | 35.8
| align="right" | 4.95
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 250,143
| align="right" | 9,762
| align="right" | 735
| align="right" | 9,027
| align="right" | 38.3
| align="right" | 2.9
| align="right" | 35.4
| align="right" | 4.92
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 259,621
| align="right" | 9,590
| align="right" | 758
| align="right" | 8,832
| align="right" | 36.2
| align="right" | 2.9
| align="right" | 33.3
| align="right" | 4.66
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 269,579
| align="right" | 9,768
| align="right" | 777
| align="right" | 8,991
| align="right" | 35.6
| align="right" | 2.8
| align="right" | 33.8
| align="right" | 4.58
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 279,696
| align="right" | 9,184
| align="right" | 967
| align="right" | 8,217
| align="right" | 32.3
| align="right" | 3.4
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" | 4.16
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 289,039
| align="right" | 10,613
| align="right" | 1,144
| align="right" | 9,469
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 3.9
| align="right" | 32.2
| align="right" | 4.65
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 299,634
| align="right" | 10,773
| align="right" | 970
| align="right" | 9,803
| align="right" | 35.3
| align="right" | 3.2
| align="right" | 32.1
| align="right" | 4.55
|-
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" | 310,199
| align="right" | 10,278
| align="right" | 958
| align="right" | 9,320
| align="right" | 32.6
| align="right" | 3.0
| align="right" | 29.6
| align="right" | 4.21
|-
| align="right" | 2024
| align="right" | 320,282
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 27.7
| align="right" | 3.1
| align="right" | 24.6
| align="right" | 3.58
|-
| align="right" | 2025
| align="right" | 329,282
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
|}

==Languages==
[[Shimaore language|Mahorian]] (a [[Swahili language|Swahili]] dialect), [[French language|French]] ([[official language]]) spoken by 35% of the population

==Religions==
{{Main articles|Islam in Mayotte|Catholic Church in Mayotte}}
[[Muslim]] 97%, [[Christians|Christian]] (mostly Roman Catholic)

== See also ==

{{Portal|France}}
* [[Mayotte#Santé|Santé à Mayotte]]
* [[Demographics of France]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mayotte topics}}
{{Demographics of French overseas departments and territories}}
{{Africa in topic|Demographics of}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Geography of Mayotte| ]]
[[Category:Culture of Mayotte]]
[[Category:Demographics of Overseas France|Mayotte]]