Demographics
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1847 | 1,665 | — |
| 1860 | 2,916 | +75.1% |
| 1870 | 4,750 | +62.9% |
| 1897 | 6,352 | +33.7% |
| 1902 | 6,842 | +7.7% |
| 1911 | 4,209 | −38.5% |
| 1921 | 3,918 | −6.9% |
| 1931 | 4,321 | +10.3% |
| 1945 | 4,354 | +0.8% |
| 1957 | 4,879 | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 5,235 | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 5,840 | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 6,041 | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 6,277 | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 6,316 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,345 | +0.5% |
| INSEE (1847-1962; 1967-1999; 2009) | ||
The total population of the islands in January 2009 was 6,345, of which 5,707 lived in Saint-Pierre and 638 in Miquelon. As of the 1999 census, 76% of the population was born on the archipelago, while 16.1% were born in metropolitan France, a remarkable increase from the 10.2% in 1990. In the same census, less than 1% of the population reported being a foreign national. The archipelago has a high emigration rate, especially among young adults, who often leave for their studies without returning afterwards. Even at the time of the great prosperity of the cod fishery, the population growth had always been constrained by the geographic remoteness, harsh climate and infertile soils.
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