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{{Expand French|Démographie de La Réunion|date=October 2020}}

This article concerns the '''demography of [[Réunion]]'''. People of Réunion are ''Réunionese''. The official language is [[French Language|French]], and [[Réunionese Creole]] is widely spoken. The population of Réunion is {{UN_Population|Réunion}} as of {{UN_Population|Year}}.{{UN_Population|ref}}

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=right
|percentages=pagr
|1950|248000 |1960|335000 |1970|462000 |1980|510000 |1990|612000 |2000|739000 |2010|846000 |2019|866500
|footnote = Source:<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228065810/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm |date=February 28, 2013 }}</ref> 2019 data<ref name=pop>{{cite web| url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1893198 | title=Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge - Années 1975 à 2019| author=INSEE| access-date=2019-01-19|language=fr| author-link=INSEE}}</ref>
}}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Population
| rowspan="11" style="width:20px;"|
! Year !! Population
| rowspan="11" style="width:20px;"|
! Year !! Population
|-
| ''1671'' || style="text-align:right" | ''90''
| ''1830'' || style="text-align:right" | ''101 300''
| 1961 || style="text-align:right" | 349 282
|-
| ''1696'' || style="text-align:right" | ''269''
| ''1848'' || style="text-align:right" | ''110 300''
| 1967 || style="text-align:right" | 416 525
|-
| ''1704'' || style="text-align:right" | ''734''
| ''1849'' || style="text-align:right" | ''120 900''
| 1974 || style="text-align:right" | 476 675
|-
| ''1713'' || style="text-align:right" | ''1 171''
| ''1860'' || style="text-align:right" | ''200 000''
| 1982 || style="text-align:right" | 515 814
|-
| ''1717'' || style="text-align:right" | ''2 000''
| ''1870'' || style="text-align:right" | ''212 000''
| 1990 || style="text-align:right" | 597 823
|-
| ''1724'' || style="text-align:right" | ''12 550''
| 1887 || style="text-align:right" | 163 881
| 1999 || style="text-align:right" | 706 300
|-
| ''1764'' || style="text-align:right" | ''25 000''
| 1897 || style="text-align:right" | 173 192
| 2006 || style="text-align:right" | 781 962
|-
| ''1777'' || style="text-align:right" | ''35 100''
| 1926 || style="text-align:right" | 182 637
| ''2007'' || style="text-align:right" | ''790 500''
|-
| ''1789'' || style="text-align:right" | ''61 300''
| 1946 || style="text-align:right" | 241 708
| ''2008'' || style="text-align:right" | ''802 001''
|-
| ''1826'' || style="text-align:right" | ''87 100''
| 1954 || style="text-align:right" | 274 370
| colspan="2" |
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center" | <small>Official data from [[INSEE]] by census or estimate; estimates shown in ''italics''.</small>
|}

As of {{UN_Population|Year}}, estimates put the [[population]] of [[Réunion]] at {{UN_Population|Réunion}}, with a growth rate of 1.63%. The [[birth rate]] was estimated at 21.84 births per 1,000 population, and the [[death rate]] at 5.55 deaths per 1,000 population in the same year. The [[net migration rate]] was zero in 2000. The following table describes [[age structure]] and [[sex ratios]] in Réunion.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Age structure and sex ratio
|-
! Age band (years) !! Percentage population !! Sex ratio (male/female)
|-
! At birth
| n/a
| 1.05
|-
! 0-14
| 32
| 1.05
|-
! 15-64
| 62
| 0.97
|-
! 65+
| 6
| 0.68
|}

=== Structure of the population ===

Structure of the population (01.01.2010) (Provisional estimates):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 399 728
| align="right" | 428 326
| align="right" | 828 054
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 35 044
| align="right" | 33 093
| align="right" | 68 137
| align="right" | 8,23
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 36 404 
| align="right" | 34 819
| align="right" | 71 223
| align="right" | 8,60
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 36 292 
| align="right" | 34 535
| align="right" | 70 827
| align="right" | 8,55
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 35 775
| align="right" | 35 479
| align="right" | 71 254
| align="right" | 8,60
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 28 067
| align="right" | 28 265
| align="right" | 56 332
| align="right" | 6,80
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 22 922
| align="right" | 27 618
| align="right" | 50 540
| align="right" | 6,10
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 24 936
| align="right" | 30 303
| align="right" | 55 239
| align="right" | 6,67
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 28 029
| align="right" | 32 557
| align="right" | 60 586
| align="right" | 7,32
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 32 311
| align="right" | 35 469
| align="right" | 67 780
| align="right" | 8,19
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 30 352
| align="right" | 31 939
| align="right" | 62 291
| align="right" | 7,52
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 24 261
| align="right" | 25 699
| align="right" | 49 960
| align="right" | 6,03
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 20 577
| align="right" | 21 820
| align="right" | 42 397
| align="right" | 5,12
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 15 588
| align="right" | 15 727
| align="right" | 31 315
| align="right" | 3,78
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 11 380 
| align="right" | 12 867
| align="right" | 24 247
| align="right" | 2,93
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 7 912
| align="right" | 10 529
| align="right" | 18 441
| align="right" | 2,23
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 5 036
| align="right" | 7 513
| align="right" | 12 549
| align="right" | 1,52
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 2 948
| align="right" | 5 295
| align="right" | 8 243
| align="right" | 1,00
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 1 438 
| align="right" | 3 203
| align="right" | 4 641
| align="right" | 0,56
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 350 
| align="right" | 1 173
| align="right" | 1 523
| align="right" | 0,18
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 106
| align="right" | 423
| align="right" | 529
| align="right" | 0,06
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 107 740
| align="right" | 102 446
| align="right" | 210 187
| align="right" | 25,38
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 262 818
| align="right" | 284 877
| align="right" | 547 695
| align="right" | 66,14
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 29 170
| align="right" | 41 003
| align="right" | 70 173
| align="right" | 8,47
|-
|}

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 01.I.2015): <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 411 435
| align="right" | 439 292 
| align="right" | 850 727
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 31 643
| align="right" | 30 377
| align="right" | 62 021
| align="right" | 7.29
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 35 386 
| align="right" | 33 428
| align="right" | 68 814
| align="right" | 8.09
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 36 713
| align="right" | 34 716
| align="right" | 71 429
| align="right" | 8.40
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 34 756
| align="right" | 33 223
| align="right" | 67 979
| align="right" | 7.99
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 27 392
| align="right" | 27 312
| align="right" | 54 703
| align="right" | 6.43
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 24 326
| align="right" | 27 969
| align="right" | 52 295
| align="right" | 6.15
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 23 815
| align="right" | 28 564
| align="right" | 52 379
| align="right" | 6.16
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 25 787
| align="right" | 30 236
| align="right" | 56 023
| align="right" | 6.59
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 28 755
| align="right" | 31 855
| align="right" | 60 610
| align="right" | 7.12
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 31 471
| align="right" | 33 945
| align="right" | 65 416
| align="right" | 7.69
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 29 842
| align="right" | 31 017
| align="right" | 60 858
| align="right" | 7.15
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 24 330
| align="right" | 26 221
| align="right" | 50 551
| align="right" | 5.94
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 19 874
| align="right" | 21 043
| align="right" | 40 918
| align="right" | 4.81
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 14 070
| align="right" | 15 448
| align="right" | 29 519
| align="right" | 3.47
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 9 895
| align="right" | 11 794
| align="right" | 21 688
| align="right" | 2.55
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 6 870
| align="right" | 9 521
| align="right" | 16 390
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 3 920
| align="right" | 6 283
| align="right" | 10 203
| align="right" | 1.20
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 1 762
| align="right" | 3 919
| align="right" | 5 681
| align="right" | 0.67
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 662
| align="right" | 1 843
| align="right" | 2 505
| align="right" | 0.29
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 120
| align="right" | 441
| align="right" | 560
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 47
| align="right" | 137
| align="right" | 183
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 103 742
| align="right" | 98 521
| align="right" | 202 263
| align="right" | 23.78
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 270 347
| align="right" | 291 385
| align="right" | 561 732
| align="right" | 66.03
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 37 346
| align="right" | 49 386
| align="right" | 86 732
| align="right" | 10.20
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020):<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 406 983
| align="right" | 449 875 
| align="right" | 856 858
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 29 077
| align="right" | 28 944
| align="right" | 58 021
| align="right" | 6.77
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 32 392 
| align="right" | 32 182
| align="right" | 64 574
| align="right" | 7.54
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 34 645
| align="right" | 33 742
| align="right" | 68 387
| align="right" | 7.98
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 33 493
| align="right" | 32 392
| align="right" | 65 885
| align="right" | 7.69
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 24 181
| align="right" | 24 747
| align="right" | 48 928
| align="right" | 5.71
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 22 409
| align="right" | 26 263
| align="right" | 48 672
| align="right" | 5.68
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 22 818
| align="right" | 28 736
| align="right" | 51 554
| align="right" | 6.02
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 24 095
| align="right" | 29 971
| align="right" | 54 066
| align="right" | 6.31
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 25 024
| align="right" | 30 174
| align="right" | 55 198
| align="right" | 6.44
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 27 567
| align="right" | 30 947
| align="right" | 58 514
| align="right" | 6.83
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 31 127
| align="right" | 33 487
| align="right" | 64 614
| align="right" | 7.54
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 29 200
| align="right" | 30 863
| align="right" | 60 063
| align="right" | 7.01
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 22 867
| align="right" | 25 358
| align="right" | 48 225
| align="right" | 5.63
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 18 590
| align="right" | 20 655
| align="right" | 39 245
| align="right" | 4.58
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 12 445
| align="right" | 14 673
| align="right" | 27 118
| align="right" | 3.16
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 8 537
| align="right" | 10 883
| align="right" | 19 420
| align="right" | 2.27
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 4 983
| align="right" | 8 239
| align="right" | 13 222
| align="right" | 1.54
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 2 358
| align="right" | 4 468
| align="right" | 6 826
| align="right" | 0.80
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 943
| align="right" | 2 227
| align="right" | 3 170
| align="right" | 0.37
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 203
| align="right" | 734
| align="right" | 937
| align="right" | 0.11
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 29
| align="right" | 190
| align="right" | 219
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 96 114
| align="right" | 94 868
| align="right" | 190 982
| align="right" | 22.29
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 262 781
| align="right" | 292 938
| align="right" | 555 719
| align="right" | 64.86
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 48 088
| align="right" | 62 069
| align="right" | 110 157
| align="right" | 12.86
|-
|}


==Vital statistics==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}{{nonspecific|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref name=INSEE>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/theme.asp?theme=2|title=Insee - Population|work=insee.fr}}</ref>
! width="70pt"|Average population (x 1000)
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate
|-
| 1950
| 248
|11 714||5 570||6 144
|48.0||22.8||25.2
|
|-
| 1951
| 259
|11 684||4 653||7 031
|46.5||18.5||28.0
|
|-
| 1952
| 268
|13 231||4 677||8 554
|51.3||18.1||33.2
|
|-
| 1953
| 277
|13 597||4 444||9 153
|51.1||16.7||34.4
|
|-
| 1954
| 284
|13 613||4 064||9 549
|49.7||14.8||34.9
|
|-
| 1955
| 292
|14 082||4 394||9 688
|49.2||15.4||33.9
|
|-
| 1956
| 300
|14 129||3 746||10 383
|47.7||12.7||35.1
|
|-
| 1957
| 308
|14 484||3 464||11 020
|46.9||11.2||35.7
|
|-
| 1958
| 317
|14 271||4 594||9 677
|44.9||14.4||30.4
|
|-
| 1959
| 326
|14 388||4 422||9 966
|44.0||13.5||30.5
|
|-
| 1960
| 336
|14 856||3 892||10 964
|44.0||11.5||32.4
|
|-
| 1961
| 345
|15 205||4 001||11 204
|43.7||11.5||32.2
|
|-
| 1962
| 355
|15 937||4 121||11 816
|44.4||11.5||32.9
|
|-
| 1963
| 366
|16 482||4 058||12 424
|44.4||10.9||33.5
|
|-
| 1964
| 378
|16 681||3 960||12 721
|43.3||10.3||33.0
|
|-
| 1965
| 391
|16 869||3 806||13 063
|42.9||9.7||33.2
|
|-
| 1966
| 405
|16 683||4 284||12 399
|41.4||10.6||30.8
|
|-
| 1967
| 421
|16 013||3 586||12 427
|38.1||8.5||29.6
|
|-
| 1968
| 437
|15 827||3 763||12 064
|37.2||8.8||28.3
|
|-
| 1969
| 451
|15 153||3 867||11 286
|34.8||8.9||25.9
|
|-
| 1970
| 462
|13 437||3 663||9 774
|30.1||8.2||21.9
|
|-
| 1971
| 470
|14 432||3 494||10 938
|31.7||7.7||24.0
|
|-
| 1972
| 475
|13 740||3 391||10 349
|29.7||7.3||22.4
|
|-
| 1973
| 479
|13 287||3 377||9 910
|28.3||7.2||21.1
|
|-
| 1974
| 482
|13 423||3 090||10 333
|28.3||6.5||21.8
|
|-
| 1975
| 485
|13 301||3 182||10 119
|27.7||6.6||21.0
|
|-
| 1976
| 488
|12 828||3 113||9 715
|26.3||6.4||20.0
|
|-
| 1977
| 492
|12 517||3 119||9 398
|25.4||6.3||19.1
|
|-
| 1978
| 497
|11 978||3 129||8 849
|24.1||6.3||17.8
|
|-
| 1979
| 503
|12 444||3 021||9 423
|24.8||6.0||18.7
|
|-
| 1980
| 509
|12 302||3 258||9 044
|24.2||6.4||17.8
|
|-
| 1981
| 517
|11 838||3 161||8 677
|23.1||6.2||16.9
|
|-
| 1982
| 527
|11 964||3 048||8 916
|23.1||5.9||17.2
|
|-
| 1983
| 537
|12 484||3 301||9 183
|23.7||6.3||17.4
|
|-
| 1984
| 548
|13 116||3 040||10 076
|24.4||5.7||18.8
|
|-
| 1985
| 559
|13 163||3 018||10 145
|24.1||5.5||18.6
|
|-
| 1986
| 569
|12 797||3 065||9 732
|23.0||5.5||17.5
|
|-
| 1987
| 579
|12 599||3 090||9 509
|22.3||5.5||16.8
|
|-
| 1988
| 589
|13 561||3 163||10 398
|23.6||5.5||18.1
|
|-
| 1989
| 599
|13 898||3 307||10 591
|23.6||5.6||18.0
|
|-
| 1990
| 597.828
|13 877||3 151||10 726
|23.1||5.2||17.8
|
|-
| 1991
| 607.837
|14 117||3 401||10 716
|23.1||5.6||17.5
|2.56
|-
| 1992
| 620.333
|14 240||3 347||10 893
|22.8||5.4||17.4
|2.55
|-
| 1993
| 633.030
|13 432||3 205||10 227
|21.3||5.1||16.2
|2.38
|-
| 1994
| 645.093
|13 327||3 089||10 238
|20.7||4.8||15.9
|2.33
|-
| 1995
| 657.162
|13 053||3 135||9 918
|19.9||4.8||15.1
|2.27
|-
| 1996
| 668.915
|13 047||3 565||9 482
|19.5||5.3||14.2
|2.25
|-
| 1997
| 680.185
|13 712||3 553||10 159
|20.1||5.2||14.9
|2.35
|-
| 1998
| 692.184
|13 538||3 731||9 807
|19.5||5.4||14.2
|2.31
|-
| 1999
| 703.820
|14 153||3 825||10 328
|20.0||5.4||14.6
|2.33
|-
| 2000
| 716.314
|14 594||3 836||10 758
|20.2||5.3||14.9
|2.51
|-
| 2001
| 729.010
|14 541||3 829||10 712
|19.8||5.2||14.6
|2.45
|-
| 2002
| 740.207
|14 789||4 004||10 785
|19.8||5.4||14.4
|2.41
|-
| 2003
| 750.840
|14 427||4 041||10 386
|19.0||5.3||13.7
|2.43
|-
| 2004
| 761.630
|14 545||3 958||10 587
|18.9||5.1||13.8
|2.45
|-
| 2005
| 772.907
|14 610||4 357||10 253
|18.7||5.6||13.1
|2.49
|-
| 2006
| 781.962
|14 495||4 323||10 172
|18.4||5.5||12.9
|2.44
|-
| 2007
| 794.107
|14 808||3 974||10 834
|18.6||5.0||13.6
|2.47
|-
| 2008
| 808.250
|14 927||4 115||10 812
|18.4||5.1||13.4
|2.47
|-
| 2009
| 816.364
|14 299||4 109||10 190
|17.4||5.0||12.4
|2.37
|-
| 2010
| 821.136
|14 147||4 220||9 927
|17.0||5.1||11.9
|2.36
|-
| 2011
| 828.581
|14 124||4 002||10 122
|16.5||4.7||11.8
|2.37
|-
| 2012
| 833.944
|14 288||4 167||10 121
|16.5||4.8||11.7
|2.43
|-
| 2013
| 835.103
|14 002||4 258||9 744
|16.6||5.1||11.5
|2.41
|-
| 2014
| 842.767
|14 095||4 355||9 740
|16.8||5.2||11.6
|2.44
|-
| 2015
| 850.727
|14 011||4 531||9 480
|16.5||5.3||11.2
|2.46
|-
| 2016
| 852.924
|13 742||4 685||9 053
|16.1||5.5||10.6
|2.43
|-
| 2017
| 853.659
|13 708||4 673||9 035
|16.0||5.5||10.5
|2.44
|-
| 2018
| 855.961
|13 364||5 011||8 353
|15.6||5.8||9.8
|2.39
|-
| 2019
| 861.210
|13 171||5 064||8 107
|15.3||5.9||9.4
|2.36
|-
| 2020
| 863.083
|13 142||5 154||7 988
|15.2||5.9||9.3
|2.36
|-
| 2021
| 871.157
|13 470||5 750||7 720
|15.4||6.6||8.8
|2.42
|-
| 2022
| 881.348
|13 205||6 390|||6 815
|14.9||7.2||7.5
|2.37
|-
| 2023
| 886.453
|12 876|| 5 509|||7 367
|14.5||6.2||8.3
|2.32
|-
| 2024
| 892.102
|11 818||5 832||5 986
|13.1||6.6||6.5
|2.12
|-
| 2025
| 896.175
||||||
|||||
|
|}

===Life expectancy===
At birth, [[life expectancy]] is 76.5 years for male children, and 82.9 for female (figures for 2011).<ref name=INSEE/>

==Ethnic groups==
{{See also|Cafres|Indo-Réunionnais|Malbars|Chinois (Réunion)}}
[[File:Manapany.jpg|thumb|[[Manapany]]]]

Ethnic groups present include people of [[White people|European]], [[African diaspora|African]], [[Malagasy people|Malagasy]], [[Réunionnais of Indian origin|Indians]] and [[Chinois (Réunion)|Chinese]] origin as well as many of [[mixed race]]. Local names for these are used: Yabs, [[Cafres]], [[Malbars]] and [[Zarabes]] (both [[Indo-Réunionnais|ethnic groups of Indian origin]]) and [[Chinois (Réunion)|Chinois]].

The proportion of people of each ethnicity is not known exactly, since the [[Constitution of France|1958 constitution]] bans questions about ethnicity in compulsory censuses in France.<ref>{{cite journal|ssrn=1236362 |title=SSRN-Why France Needs to Collect Data on Racial Identity - In a French Way by David Oppenheimer |publisher=Papers.ssrn.com |date= 2008-08-20|last1=Oppenheimer |first1=David B. }}</ref> Long-established and ongoing intermarriage also blurs the issue. People of primarily African descent make up 35% of the population, those of primarily European and Indian descent number about one-quarter each, and people of Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese descent, along with those identifying as Métis, form roughly 15%.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Réunion Métisse |author=Clicanoo |url=http://www.clicanoo.com/index.php?id_article=97657&page=article}}</ref><ref name="advan">{{cite journal |title=Anthropometric evaluations of body composition of undergraduate students at the University of La Réunion |journal=Advances in Physiology Education |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=248–253 |doi=10.1152/advan.00069.2005 |pmid=17108254 |year=2006 |last1=Tarnus |first1=Evelyne |last2=Bourdon |first2=Emmanuel |s2cid=19474655 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=151] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228041609/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=151|date=February 28, 2008}}</ref>

People of [[Tamil people|Tamil]] origin make up the majority of the [[Indo-Réunionnais]] people about 12%-13% of the island's population; [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]], [[Bihari people|Bihari]] and other origins form the remainder of the population. The island's community of [[Muslim]]s from modern region of [[Pakistan]] and [[North India]] and elsewhere is also commonly referred to as [[Zarabes]].

[[Réunionnais Creole people|Creoles]] (a name given to those born on the island, of various ethnic origins), make up the majority of the population. Groups that are not creole include people from [[Metropolitan France]] (known as [[Zoreilles]]) and those from [[Mayotte]] and the [[Comoros]].

=== Genetics ===
In 2005, a genetic study on the racially mixed people of Réunion found the following.
For maternal ([[mitochondrial DNA|mitochondrial]]) DNA, the haplogroups are Indian (44%), East Asian (27%), European/Middle Eastern (19%) or African (10%). The Indian lineages are [[Haplogroup M (mtDNA)|M2]], [[Haplogroup M (mtDNA)|M6]] and [[Haplogroup U (mtDNA)#Haplogroup U2|U2i]], the East Asian ones are [[Haplogroup E (mtDNA)|E1]], [[Haplogroup D (mtDNA)|D5a]], [[Haplogroup M (mtDNA)|M7c]], and [[Haplogroup F (mtDNA)|F]] (E1 and M7c also found only in South East Asia and in Madagascar), the European/Middle Eastern ones are [[Haplogroup U (mtDNA)#Haplogroup U2|U2e]], [[Haplogroup T (mtDNA)|T1]], [[Haplogroup J (mtDNA)|J]], [[Haplogroup H (mtDNA)|H]], and [[Haplogroup I (mtDNA)|I]], and the African ones are [[Haplogroup L1 (mtDNA)|L1b1]], [[Haplogroup L2 (mtDNA)#Haplogroup L2a1|L2a1]], [[Haplogroup L3 (mtDNA)|L3b]], and [[Haplogroup L3 (mtDNA)|L3e1]].<ref name="admixture"/>

For paternal ([[Y-chromosome]]) DNA, the haplogroups are European/Middle Eastern (85%) or East Asian (15%). The European lineages are [[R1b]] and [[Haplogroup I (Y-DNA)|I]], the Middle Eastern one [[Haplogroup E1b1b (Y-DNA)#E1b1b1c (E-M123)|E1b1b1c (formerly E3b3)]] (also found in Northeast Africa), and the East Asian ones are [[R1a]] (found in many parts of the world including Europe and Central and Southern Asia but the particular sequence has been found in Asia) and [[Haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA)|O3]].<ref name="admixture">{{cite journal |title=Admixture and Sexual Bias in the Population Settlement of La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean) |author=Gemma Berniell-Lee |author2=Stéphanie Plaza |author3=Elena Bosch |author4=Francesc Calafell |author5=Eric Jourdan |author6=Maya Cesari |author7=Gérard Lefranc |author8=David Comas |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.20783 |pmid=18186507 |publisher=WILEY-LISS, INC. |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=136 |issue=1 |pages=100–107 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117884399/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105065559/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117884399/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-05 |access-date=2010-07-09|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Languages ==
[[French language|French]] is the only official language of Reunion. Although not official, [[Réunion Creole]] is also commonly spoken by the majority of the population. One can hear it in any administration or office, but education is only in French.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnologue report (language code:rcf) |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rcf |url-access=subscription |access-date=2010-04-16 |publisher=Ethnologue.com}}</ref>

[[Tamil language|Tamil]] is taught as optional language in some schools.<ref name="indiandiaspora.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter6.pdf |title=NRI |access-date=2010-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821114441/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter6.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Due to the diverse population, other languages such as [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Hakka language|Hakka]] and [[Yue Chinese|Cantonese]] are also spoken by members of the Chinese community, but fewer people speak these languages as younger generations start to converse in French. The number of speakers of Indian languages (mostly [[Urdu]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]) is also dropping sharply. [[Arabic language|Arabic]] is taught in mosques and spoken by a small community of Arabs.

== Religion ==
{{Main|Religion in Réunion}}

[[File:Mosquée-Moufia-2512.JPG|thumb|Moufia Mosque in [[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]]]]

The predominant religion is the [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] branch of [[Christianity]], with [[Hinduism in Réunion|Hinduism]], [[Islam]] and [[Buddhism]] also represented, among others.

==See also==
* [[Demographics of France]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.insee.fr/fr/regions/reunion/ Réunion page] at [[INSEE]]

{{Réunion topics}}
{{Demographics of French overseas departments and territories}}
{{Africa in topic|Demographics of}}
{{Authority control}}

{{#related:Demographics of New Caledonia}}
{{#related:Demographics of French Polynesia}}
{{#related:Demographics of Wallis and Futuna}}

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