Demographics of Reunion
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 24 Jul 2024 |
There are 417k males and 461k females in Réunion. The percentage of the male population is 47.5%, compared to 52.5% of the female population. Réunion has 44k more females than males. The sex ratio in Réunion in 2024 will be 90.487 males per 100 females. Réunion is in the 21th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 249,214 | 3.76 |
| 1955 | 300,426 | 3.65 |
| 1960 | 359,556 | 3.56 |
| 1965 | 418,711 | 2.65 |
| 1970 | 469,088 | 1.84 |
| 1975 | 511,301 | 1.69 |
| 1980 | 553,134 | 1.34 |
| 1985 | 600,411 | 1.78 |
| 1990 | 652,572 | 1.81 |
| 1995 | 710,455 | 1.55 |
| 2000 | 763,140 | 1.20 |
| 2005 | 800,224 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 844,471 | 0.64 |
| 2015 | 865,012 | -0.20 |
| 2020 | 861,446 | 1.10 |
| 2021 | 868,079 | 0.44 |
| 2024 | 878,591 | 0.44 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 4,927 | 12,571 | 19.770 | 50.444 |
| 1955 | 4,328 | 13,969 | 14.405 | 46.497 |
| 1960 | 4,054 | 14,581 | 11.276 | 40.553 |
| 1965 | 3,887 | 16,628 | 9.284 | 39.713 |
| 1970 | 3,561 | 13,945 | 7.592 | 29.728 |
| 1975 | 3,338 | 14,544 | 6.528 | 28.445 |
| 1980 | 3,132 | 13,006 | 5.663 | 23.514 |
| 1985 | 3,009 | 12,865 | 5.012 | 21.426 |
| 1990 | 3,257 | 13,469 | 4.991 | 20.639 |
| 1995 | 3,558 | 12,292 | 5.009 | 17.301 |
| 2000 | 3,924 | 14,812 | 5.142 | 19.409 |
| 2005 | 4,169 | 15,869 | 5.209 | 19.831 |
| 2010 | 3,807 | 13,749 | 4.508 | 16.281 |
| 2015 | 4,167 | 13,404 | 4.817 | 15.496 |
| 2020 | 4,666 | 11,836 | 5.417 | 13.740 |
| 2021 | 5,429 | 12,172 | 6.254 | 14.022 |
| 2022 | 5,589 | 12,124 | 6.413 | 13.911 |
| 2023 | 4,797 | 12,003 | 5.482 | 13.719 |
| 2024 | 4,946 | 11,711 | 5.630 | 13.329 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 58,290 | 189,820 | 23.493 |
| 1955 | 81,450 | 210,208 | 27.926 |
| 1960 | 110,236 | 225,457 | 32.838 |
| 1965 | 149,095 | 241,680 | 38.154 |
| 1970 | 192,488 | 269,537 | 41.662 |
| 1975 | 215,529 | 269,248 | 44.459 |
| 1980 | 272,356 | 236,909 | 53.480 |
| 1985 | 379,443 | 179,256 | 67.916 |
| 1990 | 495,959 | 114,623 | 81.227 |
| 1995 | 580,045 | 93,496 | 86.119 |
| 2000 | 671,649 | 65,061 | 91.169 |
| 2005 | 762,323 | 29,275 | 96.302 |
| 2010 | 818,067 | 12,452 | 98.501 |
| 2015 | 857,659 | 5,704 | 99.339 |
| 2020 | 893,481 | 3,055 | 99.659 |
| 2021 | 900,334 | 2,748 | 99.696 |
| 2022 | 907,082 | 2,488 | 99.726 |
| 2023 | 913,712 | 2,266 | 99.753 |
| 2024 | 920,201 | 2,078 | 99.775 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 29,427 | 28,503 | 57,930 | 6.59 | 103.242 |
| 05-09 | 30,692 | 29,712 | 60,404 | 6.88 | 103.298 |
| 10-14 | 32,489 | 32,301 | 64,790 | 7.37 | 100.582 |
| 15-19 | 34,062 | 33,015 | 67,078 | 7.63 | 103.171 |
| 20-24 | 27,248 | 27,110 | 54,358 | 6.19 | 100.509 |
| 25-29 | 20,118 | 23,761 | 43,879 | 4.99 | 84.668 |
| 30-34 | 22,646 | 27,641 | 50,288 | 5.72 | 81.929 |
| 35-39 | 23,884 | 30,022 | 53,906 | 6.14 | 79.555 |
| 40-44 | 24,629 | 30,443 | 55,072 | 6.27 | 80.902 |
| 45-49 | 25,321 | 29,293 | 54,614 | 6.22 | 86.440 |
| 50-54 | 27,691 | 30,994 | 58,684 | 6.68 | 89.343 |
| 55-59 | 30,402 | 33,279 | 63,681 | 7.25 | 91.355 |
| 60-64 | 28,064 | 29,512 | 57,577 | 6.55 | 95.094 |
| 65-69 | 22,075 | 24,264 | 46,339 | 5.27 | 90.978 |
| 70-74 | 16,570 | 19,203 | 35,773 | 4.07 | 86.289 |
| 75-79 | 10,565 | 13,231 | 23,796 | 2.71 | 79.850 |
| 80-84 | 6,679 | 9,341 | 16,020 | 1.82 | 71.502 |
| 85-89 | 3,248 | 5,901 | 9,149 | 1.04 | 55.042 |
| 90-94 | 1,187 | 2,645 | 3,832 | 0.44 | 44.877 |
| 95-99 | 284 | 841 | 1,125 | 0.13 | 33.769 |
| 100+ | 75 | 221 | 296 | 0.03 | 33.937 |
| Total | 417,356 | 461,233 | 878,591 | 90.487 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio