French Guiana January 20, 2021 Amazon , Amazon forest , Americas , Amerindians , Arianespace , Associated peripheral territories of the European Union , Atlantic Ocean , Cayenne , Centre national d'études spatiales , Centre spatial guyanais , CNES , colony , dependencies and overseas territories , ESA , espace , European Space Agency , European Union , fleuve Maroni , forest , France , French colony , French Guiana , French Overseas Region and Department , Guiana , jungle , Kali'na , Kourou , Maroni , or , orpaillage , Outermost regions of the European Union , Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni , South America , South Atlantic Ocean Official name French Guiana Name in local language Guyane (fr) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 187e ) 294,071 inhabitants (2021) Population growth 1.16 % / year Area 83,846 km² Density 3.51 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 177e )4.313 billions $USD (2015) GDP/capita (ranking ) 16,727 $USD (2015) GDP growth 1.90 % / year (2015) Life expectancy (ranking ) 79.90 years (2014) Birth rate 26.20 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 3.60 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 3.10 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 8.60 ‰ (2014) Literacy rate 96.00 % (2017) Official languages French Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: n.c. )0.000 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Overseas region and department of France Head of State President Emmanuel Macron National Day 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) ISO Codes GF, GUF Demonym French Guianan, Guianan, French Tourists (ranking ) 199,000 people (2015)
Space and high population growth French Guiana is a region and a French department located in South America. Located on the South Atlantic coast of South America, it borders Brazil to the southeast and south, and Suriname to the west.
Cayenne, capitale of Guiana. Photo: Guillaume Normand Guiana Space Center, Kourou. Photo: ESA Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Cayenne 144,501 inhabitants Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 45,576 inhabitants Kourou 24,959 inhabitants
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