Official name
Guadeloupe
Name in local language
Guadeloupe (fr)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
Caribbean
Population (ranking: 184e )
375,857 inhabitants (2021)
Population growth
-0.27 % / year
Area
1,628 km²
Density
230.87 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 151e )
9.740 billions $USD (2015)
GDP/capita (ranking )
24,668 $USD (2015)
GDP growth
1.90 % / year (2015)
Life expectancy (ranking )
80.55 years (2012)
Birth rate
12.50 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
2.21 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
8.20 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
4.19 ‰ (2008)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2018)
Official languages
French (Creole spoken)
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
GP, GLP
Demonym
Guadeloupean, French
Tourists (ranking )
600,000 people (2016)
Guadeloupe is both a mono-departmental region of the French overseas territories and an ultraperipheral European region, located in the Caribbean, in the Americas. It is located south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat , and north of Dominica .
Falls in the jungle, Guadeloupe
Mémorial ACTe (Caribbean Center for Expressions and Memories of Trafficking and Slavery), Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Urban areas (2018)
Urban areas
Population
Pointe-à-Pitre - Les Abymes
313,962 inhabitants
Basse-Terre
51,468 inhabitants
See also