STATISTICS

French GuianaRegion South AmericaCurrency Euro (EUR)Surface area (square kilometres) 83 534Population in 2012 (estimated, 000) 243Population density in 2012 (per square kilometre) 2.9Capital city and population in 2011 (000) Cayenne (67)Economic indicators 2005 2010 2012Exchange rates (national currency per US$) a 0.85 0.75 0.76CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) 108 119 123Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 95 90 92Food production index (2004-2006=100) 95 90 92Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) bc ... 14.1 14.9Labour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 45.6 47.1 48.8Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 61.5 60.0 60.6Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 95 83 d ...Energy production, primary (000 mt oil equivalent) e 53 64 ...Social indicatorsPopulation growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 2.5Urban population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 2.8Rural population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 1.8Urban population (%) 2013 76.7Population aged 0-14 years (%) 2013 32.3Population aged 60+ years (females and males, % of total) 2013 7.9/7.9Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 2013 100.1Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years) 2010-2015 80.8/73.8Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 2010-2015 12.2Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 2010-2015 3.1International migrant stock (000 and % of total population) mid-2013 104.3/41.9Environmental indicatorsThreatened species 2013 66Forested area (% of land area) 2011 98.3CO 2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2010 700/3.0Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2010 1 240.0 ePrecipitation in the capital city, total mean (millimetres) f3 674 gTemperature in the capital city, mean °C (minimum and maximum) f22.5/30.1 ga Market rate. b March to June. c Excludes the institutional population. d 2009. e UNSD estimate. fRochambeau. g Based on monthly averages for the period 1961-1990.World Statistics Pocketbook 73