How many people live in Guadeloupe right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
372,014
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 180 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0045%
- Median age
- 47.4 years
- Children per woman
- 2.04
- Life expectancy
- 82.6 years
- People per km²
- 229
According to UN estimates, about 372,014 people live in Guadeloupe right now. It ranks 180th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Iceland and Mayotte, and it is home to one in every 22,400 people on the planet.
Every day, about 11 people are born there and about 10 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 1,400 people a year. More people are born than die, but emigration makes the population shrink. Overall, it loses about 1,400 people a year.
In 1950, about 215,515 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 73%. It peaked in 1999, at about 420,932, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 326,318 people (12% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 244,457.
Half of its people are younger than 47 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.04 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 83 years (worldwide, 74). There are 229 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Guadeloupe in 2026?
- Guadeloupe has about 372,014 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 372,453.
- How many people are born each day in Guadeloupe?
- About 11 a day (3,900 a year). About 10 people die each day (3,800 a year).
- Is the population of Guadeloupe growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.36% a year, or about 1,400 people.
- What will the population of Guadeloupe be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 326,318.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,649
- Brazil 213,783,554
- Mexico 133,319,812
- Colombia 54,089,658
- Argentina 46,051,055
- Canada 40,567,052
- Peru 35,027,419
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,578
- Ecuador 18,493,702
- Bolivia 12,801,716
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.