How many people live in Mayotte right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
350,861
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 181 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0042%
- Median age
- 17.3 years
- Children per woman
- 4.43
- Life expectancy
- 76.6 years
- People per km²
- 927
According to UN estimates, about 350,861 people live in Mayotte right now. It ranks 181st out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Guadeloupe and Vanuatu, and it is home to one in every 23,700 people on the planet.
Every day, about 30 people are born there and about 3 die. Overall, the population grows by about 30 people a day (3.04% a year).
In 1950, about 20,526 people lived there. Today there are 17 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 645,426 people (84% more than today), and by 2100 about 1.4 million.
Half of its people are younger than 17 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 4.43 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 77 years (worldwide, 74). There are 927 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Mayotte in 2026?
- Mayotte has about 350,861 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 347,536.
- How many people are born each day in Mayotte?
- About 30 a day (11,500 a year). About 3 people die each day (920 a year).
- Is the population of Mayotte growing?
- Yes: it grows by 3.04% a year, or about 10,500 people.
- What will the population of Mayotte be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 645,426.
- 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
- Bahamas 405,100
- Iceland 403,437
- Guadeloupe 372,014
- Vanuatu 344,892
- Martinique 336,877
- French Guiana 320,557
More countries in Africa
- Nigeria 243,986,486
- Ethiopia 139,989,699
- Egypt 120,651,606
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 117,604,628
- Tanzania 73,204,126
- South Africa 65,670,828
- Kenya 58,985,530
- Sudan 53,735,133
- Uganda 53,195,585
- Algeria 48,206,597
- Angola 40,591,432
- Morocco 38,862,774
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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.