French Guiana Population (LIVE)

313,514

French Guiana Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of French Guiana is 313,456 as of Thursday, June 19, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
French Guiana 2025 population is estimated at 313,666 people at mid-year.
French Guiana population is equivalent to 0.0038% of the total world population.
French Guiana ranks number 183 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in French Guiana is 4 per Km² (10 people per mi²).
The total land area is 82,200 Km² (31,738 sq. miles).
94.47% of the population is urban (296,315 people in 2025)
The median age in French Guiana is 25 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of French Guiana (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	French Guiana Global Rank
2025	313,666	1.67%	5,144	−909	25	3.29	4	94.5%	296,315	0.0038%	8,231,613,070	183
2024	308,522	1.69%	5,120	−1,018	25.1	3.34	4	93.7%	289,079	0.0038%	8,161,972,572	183
2023	303,402	1.71%	5,096	−1,091	25.2	3.39	4	92.9%	281,920	0.0037%	8,091,734,930	183
2022	298,306	1.59%	4,626	−1,121	25.2	3.44	4	92.1%	274,839	0.0037%	8,021,407,192	183
2020	289,055	1.65%	4,538	−4,369	25.2	3.66	4	90.3%	260,877	0.0037%	7,887,001,292	182
2015	266,363	2.58%	6,360	−824	23.1	3.55	3	85.2%	226,996	0.0036%	7,470,491,872	184
2010	234,565	2.99%	6,424	−826	22.2	3.43	3	82.8%	194,192	0.0033%	7,021,732,148	185
2005	202,447	4.74%	8,365	3,961	22.3	3.78	2	81.7%	165,336	0.0031%	6,586,970,132	185
2000	160,620	3.59%	5,197	3,600	23.3	3.96	2	80.4%	129,081	0.0026%	6,171,702,993	186
1995	134,633	3.62%	4,389	1,167	23.5	3.76	2	78.5%	105,731	0.0023%	5,758,878,982	190
1990	112,686	5.53%	5,317	1,547	23.3	3.74	1	76.7%	86,423	0.0021%	5,327,803,110	190
1985	86,102	5.35%	3,951	3,081	23.1	3.38	1	72.9%	62,799	0.0018%	4,868,943,465	195
1980	66,349	4.03%	2,377	1,202	22.2	3.35	1	71.4%	47,392	0.0015%	4,447,606,236	196
1975	54,463	3.31%	1,637	1,189	20.6	3.57	1	71.4%	38,862	0.0013%	4,070,735,277	201
1970	46,279	3.65%	1,520	396	20.8	4.72	1	69.8%	32,321	0.0013%	3,694,683,794	202
1965	38,681	4.47%	1,519	979	20.9	5.18	0	66.1%	25,569	0.0012%	3,334,533,703	203
1960	31,084	4.09%	1,129	686	23.2	5.22	0	65.3%	20,285	0.0010%	3,015,470,894	204
1955	25,437	1.69%	408	596	24	5.23	0	65.6%	16,687	0.00093%	2,740,213,792	204

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

French Guiana Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	French Guiana Global Rank
2030	341,732	1.73%	5,613	338	25.2	3.09	4	97.6%	333,689	0.0040%	8,569,124,911	182
2035	373,616	1.8%	6,377	328	26.2	2.93	5	99.8%	372,724	0.0042%	8,885,210,181	181
2040	406,168	1.68%	6,510	465	27.1	2.79	5			0.0044%	9,177,190,203	181
2045	439,026	1.57%	6,572	451	27.9	2.67	5			0.0047%	9,439,639,668	179
2050	471,916	1.46%	6,578	489	28.6	2.57	6			0.0049%	9,664,378,587	179

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

French Guiana Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of French Guiana

Life Expectancy

77.4 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

8.6

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

10.7

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The French Guiana Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of French Guiana delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of French Guiana (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by French Guiana in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.