French Guiana

French Guiana has 288,382 residents in 1 départements and 22 communes.

Region · 1 départements · 22 communes · Updated 24 October 2026

288,382residents2022 census

40%of households own their homemain home

58%housesof all homes

4%second homesof all homes

French Guiana · 22 communes

0%30%+

Share of land within 500 m that is green space

Sources: IGN and Insee, IRIS boundaries and Admin Express 2024 (Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 1 départements.

Colour shows where each département sits among the others in the region.

Département	Residents	Communes	Price per m²	Living standard	Home owners	Aged 75+	Unemployment	Second homes
Guyane (973)	288,382	22	€2,630/m²	–	40%	2%	30.2%	4%

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0) · DGFiP property sales (DVF), data.gouv.fr statistics (Open Licence 2.0) · Insee, Filosofi 2021 income data (Open Licence 2.0)

People.

288,382 residents and 86,288 households at the 2022 census, next to the département figure.

32%

aged under 15

23%

aged 15–29

10%

aged 60 and over

25%

of households are people living alone

28%

of households are couples with children

32%

of households are single-parent families

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Homes.

100,424 homes, 86% of them main residences, with 3.3 rooms on average.

58%

of homes are houses

40%

of households own their home

17%

of households rent social housing (HLM)

second homes

10%

empty homes

58%

of households have a car

When main homes were built

before 19191%

1919–19451%

1946–19707%

1971–199024%

1991–200536%

2006–201933%

Source: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Income and work.

Work and qualifications at the 2022 census.

30.2%

unemployment among 15–64s (census definition)

20%

of over-15s who have left school hold a higher-education degree

managers and professionals among over-15s

retired among over-15s

Sources: Insee, 2022 population census (sub-municipal files, Open Licence 2.0)

Départements in the region.

Every département has its own page, with all of its communes.

Guyane