Official name
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Name in local language
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (fr)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
North America
Population (ranking: 241e )
6,008 inhabitants (2016)
Population growth
-0.22 % / year
Area
242 km²
Density
24.83 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 239e )0.280 billions $USD (2016)
GDP/capita (ranking )
46,372 $USD (2016)
GDP growth
1.60 % / year (2016)
Life expectancy (ranking )
80.50 years (2016)
Birth rate
7.20 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.57 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
9.80 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
6.60 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2018)
Official languages
French
Currency
Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 97e )0.788 / 1 (2015)
EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018)
Government
Republic, Overseas collectivity
Head of State
President Emmanuel Macron
National Day
14 July (French Revolution)
ISO Codes PM, SPM
Demonym
French
Tourists (ranking )
12,007 people (2016)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a French North American archipelago located in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of the island of Newfoundland in Canada . Miquelon lies 21 kilometers west-southwest of the western end of the Burin Peninsula, in southern Newfoundland, with Saint Pierre’s Island 19 kilometers southwest of it. It is today an overseas collectivity of France .
Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Photo: Doc Searls Urban areas (2015)
Urban areas
Population
Saint-Pierre
5,631 inhabitants
Miquelon-Langlade
629 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Islands
Population
Area
Miquelon
629 inhabitants
216 km²
Saint Pierre
5,631 inhabitants
26 km²
See also
