Demographics of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

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Population

• 6,896 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 26.19% (male 924; female 882)
• 15-64 years: 64.01% (male 2,254; female 2,160)
• 65 years and over: 9.8% (male 286; female 390) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate

• 0.49% (2000 est.)

Birth rate

• 16.53 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate

• 6.67 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Net migration rate

• -4.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
• total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

• 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 77.6 years
• male: 75.36 years
• female: 79.95 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate:

• 2.14 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:

• noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
• adjective: French

Ethnic groups:

• Basques, Bretons, Normands (French fishermen) and , descendants of Acadian refugees, and a number of descendants of Newfoundlanders.

Religions:

• Roman Catholic 99%

Languages:

• French
• English - Spoken by a minority (about a hundred or so)
• Basque - Became extinct during the 1950s

Literacy:

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population: 99%
• male: 99%
• female: 99% (1982 est.)

See also : Saint Pierre and Miquelon