PEOPLE
Population:
440,189 (July 2003 est.)
Age
structure:
0-14 years: 24.7% (male 55,521; female 53,137)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 144,764; female 147,449)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 16,443; female 22,875) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 31 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 31.9 years (2002)
Population
growth rate: 1% (2003 est.)
Birth
rate: 16.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death
rate: 6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net
migration rate: -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003
est.)
Sex
ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant
mortality rate:
total: 9.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births
Life
expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.53 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 80.84 years (2003 est.)
Total
fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Guadeloupian(s)
adjective: Guadeloupe
Ethnic
groups: black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian,
Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant
1%
Languages:
French (official) 99%, Creole patois
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90%
male: 90%
female: 90% (1982 est.)
