In Mayotte, the "Exhaustive Census" Reinforces the INSEE in the Face of Polemics
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This "out-of-standard" count was planned by law for the Mayotte re-foundation, after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido in December 2024, to update figures dating back to 2017 - the statistical institute had since passed to an annual partial census, as elsewhere in France - and to respond to a persistent controversy. The figure of 323.153 inhabitants on 1 January 2026 "confirms the strong growth of the population, of 26% compared to Septem…
On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, INSEE published the number of inhabitants in Mayotte. According to the Institute, irregular immigration has little impact on the total population, as it is compensated by the number of Mahorais who leave to live in the rest of France.
Mamoudzou, 7 Jul 2026 (AFP) – The population in Mayotte was 323.153 inhabitants on 1st January, according to the first results revealed on Tuesday of the "comprehensive census" conducted by INSEE, a figure far from the estimates of the political class. This census, conducted between 27 November 2025 and 24 January 2026 by the institute [...] Read article In Mayotte, INSEE recorded about 323,000 inhabitants first appeared on MARINE & OCÉANS.
Mayotte had 323.153 inhabitants as of 1 January 2026, according to the results of the comprehensive census presented on Tuesday 7 July by INSEE, an increase of approximately 26% compared to the previous census in 2017, which had a population of 256.518. The results were revealed at the INSEE headquarters in Kaweni by Pierre Registryt, Interregional Director of INSEE La Réunion-Mayotte, and Hatubou Antoy, Head of the INSEE Regional Service in May…
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