Saint Martin: People & Society#
Population | 31,949 (July 2016 est.) |
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Ethnic groups | Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), white, East Indian |
Languages | French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles) |
Religions | Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestant, Hindu |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.38% (male 4,197/female 4,232) 15-24 years: 10.43% (male 1,656/female 1,676) 25-54 years: 46.87% (male 7,139/female 7,836) 55-64 years: 8.67% (male 1,287/female 1,483) 65 years and over: 7.65% (male 1,085/female 1,358) (2016 est.) |
Median age | total: 32.3 years male: 31.3 years female: 33.2 years (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | most of the population is found along the coast, with a largest concentrations around Marigot, Orleans, and Grand-Case |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |