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Martinique
Community
Area 1,128 square kilometres
Population,
3,000 (1650)
24,000 (1700)
85,000 (1750)
121,145 (1850)
137,455 (1860)
162,861 (1878)
175,863 (1888)
203,781 (1901)
182,024 (1905)*
246,712 (1936)
216,600 (1950)
281,800 (1960) +30.1%
325,000 (1970) +15.3%
325,500 (1980) +0.2%
358,500 (1990) +10.1%
387,000 (2000) +7.9%
395,000 (2010) +2.1%
375,000 (2020) -5.1%
*Reduction after eruption of Mont Pele in 1902
Ethnicity
|
|
Black |
Indian |
Middle Eastern |
White |
|
1750 |
85.0% |
|
|
15.0% |
|
2010 |
80.0% |
10.0% |
5.0% |
5.0% |
Religion,%
|
|
Christian R C |
Hindu |
Muslim |
|
1900 |
99.8 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
1970 |
98.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
2001 |
87.0 |
|
|
|
2015 |
90.0 |
5.0 |
|
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
40,0 (+27.0) |
65.0 |
13.0 |
37.4 |
5.2 |
29.2 |
|
1962 |
|
36.0 (+27.0) |
39.51 |
9.0 |
|
|
39.3 |
|
1972 |
|
26.0 (+19.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
49.1 |
|
1982 |
|
18.0 (+11.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
1987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
71.0 |
|
1992 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
23.9 |
10.0 |
|
|
1995 |
|
16.5 (+10.6) |
7.0 |
5.9 |
|
|
93.3 |
|
2000 |
1.8 |
16.1 (+9.7) |
8.0 |
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
1.8 |
14.0 (+7.6) |
7.6 |
6.4 |
22.8 |
10.3 |
|
|
2005 |
1.8 |
14.1 (+7.7) |
7.1 |
6.4 |
|
|
97.9 |
|
2012 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
20.0 |
10.6 |
|
11965 figure
Life expectancy,
56.5 (1952); 55.0 (M), 58.0 (F)
64.5 (1961); 62.5 (M), 66.5 (F)
69.0 (1972); 66.0 (M), 72.0 (F)
76.3 (1992); 73.0 (M), 79.5 (F)
79.1 (2002); 75.8 (M), 82.3 (F)
80.6 (2010); 77.5 (M), 83.7 (F)
82.6 (2020); 79.3 (M), 85.7 (F)
Population of principal cities
|
|
FORT DE FRANCE |
La Lamentin |
|
1946 |
66,006 |
15,114 |
|
1967 |
99,051 |
|
|
1974 |
98,807 |
|
|
1990 |
101,540 |
|
|
1999 |
94,049 |
35,460 |
|
2007 |
89,784 |
39,442 |
|
2013 |
85,295 |
40,841 |
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1966 |
160 |
|
520 |
|
|
1995 |
3,800 |
|
10,000 |
|
|
1999 |
|
|
14,540 |
|
|
2007 |
9,600 |
|
26,980 |
|
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1961 |
|
39.7 |
|
21.6 |
|
38.7 |
|
1967 |
|
30.0 |
|
21.5 |
|
48.5 |
|
1980 |
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
10.9 |
|
14.7 |
|
74.4 |
|
1990 |
|
8.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1998 |
|
6.6 |
|
13.0 |
|
78.0 |
|
2006 |
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
69.6 |
Communications
Language Official, French.� Creole also spoken
Literacy, 74.0% (1954), 88.0% (1967)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1938 |
|
|
|
|
258 |
|
1964 |
|
23,000 |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1,450 |
|
39,200 |
2,200 |
|
|
1993 |
|
|
108,300 |
32,200 |
|
|
1995 |
2,176 |
|
|
|
0 |
Electronic communications,� TV
broadcasting began 1964
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
3,500 |
|
|
|
|
1944 |
1,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
18,000 |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
33,000 |
|
21,230 |
33,171 |
|
|
|
1985 |
81,985 |
|
50,000 |
43,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
|
|
72,000 |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
12,000 |
77,000 |
55,000 |
36,000 |
|
|
1997 |
169,900 |
|
82,000 |
66,000 |
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
2001 |
162,700 |
295,400 |
|
|
54,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
319,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
82,000 |
107,000 |
|
2008 |
172,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
170,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Martinique,
64,600 (1973)
282,000 (1990)
457,000 (1995)
526,000 (2000)
484,000 (2005)