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North America
Page last updated: July 24, 2023
First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France's once vast North American possessions. They attained the status of an overseas collectivity in 2003.
Northern North America, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada)
46 50 N, 56 20 W
North America
Total: 242 sq km
Land: 242 sq km
Water: 0 sq km
Note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
One and half times the size of Washington, DC
Total: 0 km
120 km
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Cold and wet, with considerable mist and fog; spring and autumn are often windy
Mostly barren rock
Highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Fish, deepwater ports
Agricultural land: 8.7% (2018 est.)
Arable land: 8.7% (2018 est.)
Permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
Permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
Forest: 12.5% (2018 est.)
Other: 78.8% (2018 est.)
0 sq km (2022)
Most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island
Persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime hazard
Vegetation scanty; the islands are actually part of the northern Appalachians along with Newfoundland
5,195 (2023 est.)
Noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
Adjective: French
Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)
French (official)
Major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
French audio sample:
Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
0-14 years: 13.42% (male 358/female 339)
15-64 years: 61.98% (male 1,590/female 1,630)
65 years and over: 24.6% (2023 est.) (male 563/female 715)
2023 population pyramid:
Total dependency ratio: 52
Youth dependency ratio: 26.1
Elderly dependency ratio: 25.9
Potential support ratio: 3.9 (2021)
Total: 48.5 years
Male: 47.9 years
Female: 49 years (2020 est.)
-1.19% (2023 est.)
6.54 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
11.36 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-7.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island
Urban population: 90.1% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030
6,000 SAINT-PIERRE (capital) (2018)
At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
Total: 7.97 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 9.87 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Total population: 81.62 years
Male: 79.27 years
Female: 84.11 years (2023 est.)
1.59 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.77 (2023 est.)
NA
Improved: urban: NA
Rural: NA
Total: 91.4% of population
Unimproved: urban: NA
Rural: NA
Total: 8.6% of population (2017 est.)
NA
NA
Improved: urban: NA
Rural: NA
Total: 100% of population
Unimproved: urban: NA
Rural: NA
Total: 0% of population (2020)
NA
64.1% (2023 est.)
NA
Total population: NA
Male: NA
Female: NA
Overfishing; recent test drilling for oil in waters around Saint Pierre and Miquelon may bring future development that would impact the environment
Cold and wet, with considerable mist and fog; spring and autumn are often windy
Agricultural land: 8.7% (2018 est.)
Arable land: 8.7% (2018 est.)
Permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
Permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
Forest: 12.5% (2018 est.)
Other: 78.8% (2018 est.)
Urban population: 90.1% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030
Conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Conventional short form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Local long form: Departement de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Local short form: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Etymology: Saint-Pierre is named after Saint PETER, the patron saint of fishermen; Miquelon may be a corruption of the Basque name Mikelon
Parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France
Overseas collectivity of France
Name: Saint-Pierre
Geographic coordinates: 46 46 N, 56 11 W
Time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November
Etymology: named after Saint Peter, the patron saint of fisherman
None (territorial overseas collectivity of France); note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 2 communes at the second order - Saint Pierre, Miquelon
None (overseas collectivity collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)
Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790)
History: 4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Amendments: amendment procedures of France's constitution apply
French civil law
See France
18 years of age; universal
Chief of state: President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Prefect Christian POUGET (since 6 January 2021)
Head of government: President of Territorial Council Bernard BRIAND (since 13 October 2020)
Cabinet: Le Cabinet du Prefet
Elections/appointments: French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 April and 24 April 2022 (next to be held in 2027); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; Territorial Council president elected by Territorial Council councilors by absolute majority vote; term NA; election last held on 13 October 2020 (next election to held in NA)
Election results: 2020: Bernard BRIAND elected President of Territorial Council; Territorial Council vote - 17 for, 2 abstentions
2017: Stephane LENORMAND elected President of Territorial Council
Description: unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial (19 seats - Saint Pierre 15, Miquelon 4; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 6-year terms);
Saint Pierre and Miquelon indirectly elects 1 senator to the French Senate by an electoral college to serve a 6-year term and directly elects 1 deputy to the French National Assembly by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term
Elections: Territorial Council - first round held on 20 March and second round held on 27 March 2022 (next to be held in March 2028)
French Senate - last held on 27 September 2020 (next to be held no later than September 2025)
French National Assembly - last held on 12 and 19 June 2022 (next to be held by June 2027)
Election results: Territorial Council - percent of vote by party (first round) - AD 45.9%, Focus on the Future 37%, Together to Build 17.1%; percent of vote by party (second round) - AD 51.8%, Focus on the Future 38.1%, Together to Build 10.1%, seats by party - AD 15, Focus on the Future 4; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA
French Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PS 1 (affiliated with UMP)
French National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AD 1
Highest court(s): Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel (composition NA)
Judge selection and term of office: judge selection and tenure NA
Subordinate courts: NA
Archipelago Tomorrow (Archipel Domain) or AD (affiliated with The Republicans)
Focus on the Future (Cap sur l'Avenir) [Annick GIRARDIN] (affiliated with Left Radical Party)
Together to Build (Ensemble pour Construire) [Karine CLAIREAUX]
UPU, WFTU (NGOs)
A yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a blue background with scattered, white, wavy lines under the ship; a continuous black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three parts: the top part (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the rectangle into four sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized yellow lions outlined in black, one above the other; these three heraldic arms represent settlement by colonists from the Basque Country (top), Brittany, and Normandy; the blue on the main portion of the flag symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and the stylized ship represents the Grande Hermine in which Jacques Cartier "discovered" the islands in 1536
Note: the flag of France used for official occasions
16th-century sailing ship
Note: as a collectivity of France, "La Marseillaise" is official (see France)
High-income, French North American territorial economy; primarily fishing exports; substantial French Government support; highly seasonal labor force; euro user; increasing tourism and aquaculture investments
$261.3 million (2015 est.)
$215.3 million (2006 est.)
Note: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million
NA
$46,200 (2006 est.)
$34,900 (2005)
$261.3 million (2015 est.)
1.5% (2015)
4.5% (2010)
Agriculture: 2% (2006 est.)
Industry: 15% (2006 est.)
Services: 83% (2006 est.)
Comparison rankings: agriculture 176; industry 182; services 25
Vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
Fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism
NA
4,429 (2015)
Agriculture: 18%
Industry: 41%
Services: 41% (1996 est.)
8.7% (2015 est.)
9.9% (2008 est.)
NA
Lowest 10%: NA
Highest 10%: NA
Revenues: $70 million (1996 est.)
Expenditures: $60 million (1996 est.)
3.8% (of GDP) (1996 est.)
26.8% (of GDP) (1996 est.)
Calendar year
$6.641 million (2010 est.)
$5.5 million (2005 est.)
Canada 79%, France 8%, Belgium 6% (2019)
Crustaceans, fish, medical instruments, electrical parts, pasta (2019)
$95.35 million (2010 est.)
$68.2 million (2005 est.)
France 69%, Canada 22% (2019)
Food preparation, packaged medicines, low-voltage protection equipment, cars, computers, iron structures (2019)
NA
Euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.885 (2017 est.)
0.903 (2016 est.)
0.9214 (2015 est.)
0.885 (2014 est.)
0.7634 (2013 est.)
Installed generating capacity: 26,000 kW (2020 est.)
Consumption: 47.267 million kWh (2019 est.)
Exports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)
Imports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 1.733 million kWh (2019 est.)
Comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 204; consumption 202; exports 204; imports 204; transmission/distribution losses 205
Fossil fuels: 100% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Solar: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Hydroelectricity: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Biomass and waste: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Imports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)
Total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 600 bbl/day (2019 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)
0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
650 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
84,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 84,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
0 Btu/person (2019 est.)
Total subscriptions: 4,800 (2015 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 76 (2015 est.)
General assessment: adequate (2019)
Domestic: fixed-line teledensity 76 per 100 persons (2019)
International: country code - 508; landing point for the St Pierre and Miquelon Cable connecting Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Canada; radiotelephone communication with most countries in the world; satellite earth station - 1 in French domestic satellite system (2019)
8 TV stations, all part of the French Overseas Network, and local cable provided by SPM Telecom; 3 of 4 radio stations on St. Pierre and on Miquelon are part of the French Overseas Network (2021)
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Total: 5,099 (2022 est.)
Percent of population: 88.7% (2022 est.)
2 (2021)
2
Note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)
Total: 117 km (2009)
Paved: 80 km (2009)
Unpaved: 37 km (2009)
Major seaport(s): Saint-Pierre
Defense is the responsibility of France
None identified