Demographics of Guadeloupe

The total population of Guadeloupe is 449,173 people. People in Guadeloupe speak the French language. The linguistic diversity of Guadeloupe is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Guadeloupe is 0.0933. The median age is approximately 33.2 years. Life expectancy in Guadeloupe is 79.39. The female fertility rate in Guadeloupe is 2.2. Around 23% of the population of Guadeloupe are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Guadeloupe is 0. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Guadeloupe see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Guadeloupe, the population density is 247 people per square kilometer (643 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be densely populated. The total population of Guadeloupe is 449,173 people. Guadeloupe has approximately 98,507 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Guadeloupe represent 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Guadeloupe represent 20.8 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Guadeloupe is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Guadeloupe is 0. This means that the people living in Guadeloupe are somewhat fractionalized. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Guadeloupe on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 33.2 years.

Gender

The data on gender distribution in a country display how the population is grouped into gender groups, and what is the internal structure of said groups. No such statistics can be provided for Guadeloupe.

Religion

The majority religion of Guadeloupe is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 95.9% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are some followers of folk religions in Guadeloupe. The religious diversity of Guadeloupe is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Guadeloupe. The index of religious fractionalization in Guadeloupe is 0.3069. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.

General development

Guadeloupe is considered to be a developed nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developed nation, Guadeloupe is able to provide its citizens with social services like public education, healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developed nations enjoy a high standard of living and longer life expectancies than citizens of developing nations. In Guadeloupe, 23.2 in every 100 people use internet.

Language

People in Guadeloupe speak the French language. The linguistic diversity of Guadeloupe is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Guadeloupe. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Guadeloupe is 0.0933. This means that within the country there is one major language and several minor languages. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.