Demographics of Martinique

Census population and average annual growth rate
Year	Pop.	±%
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:

Population

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

Ethnic groups

African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%; white 5%; Indian Tamil or East Indian, Lebanese and Syrians, and Chinese less than 5%.

Languages

French (official) and Creole patois. (by this CIA Factbook means Antillean Creole)

Religion

Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5%, tiny number of Protestants, and small Jewish community.

Vital statistics

	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
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	6 437	2 228	4 209	18.0	6.2	11.7
1991	361	6 316	2 181	4 135	17.5	6.0	11.5
1992	363	6 315	2 182	4 133	17.4	6.0	11.4
1993	365	5 901	2 226	3 675	16.2	6.1	10.1
1994	366	5 698	2 216	3 482	15.5	6.0	9.5
1995	369	5 644	2 338	3 306	15.3	6.3	9.0
1996	371	5 669	2 290	3 379	15.3	6.2	9.1
1997	375	5 735	2 403	3 332	15.3	6.4	8.9
1998	378	5 793	2 530	3 263	15.3	6.7	8.6
1999	381	5 766	2 551	3 215	15.1	6.7	8.4	1.91
2000	384	5 890	2 639	3 251	15.3	6.9	8.5	1.99
2001	387	5 774	2 734	3 040	14.9	7.1	7.9	1.98
2002	390	5 446	2 649	2 797	14.0	6.8	7.2	1.89
2003	392	5 430	2 727	2 703	13.8	7.0	6.9	1.92
2004	394	5 255	2 645	2 610	13.3	6.7	6.6	1.91
2005	396	5 032	2 610	2 422	12.7	6.6	6.1	1.85
2006	398	5 370	2 663	2 707	13.5	6.7	6.8	2.04
2007	399	5 317	2 830	2 487	13.3	7.1	6.2	2.05
2008	399	5 333	2 793	2 540	13.4	7.0	6.4	2.10
2009	400	5 174	2 771	2 403	12.9	6.9	6.0	2.07
2010	401	4 889	2 844	2 045	12.2	7.1	5.1	2.01
2011	402	4 475	2 741	1 734	11.1	6.8	4.3	1.88
2012	403	4 458	2 818	1 640	11.1	7.0	4.1
2013	386,486	4 128	2 902	1 226	10.8	7.6	3.2	1.90
2014	381,326

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.01.2010) (Provisional estimates) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
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