A median age of 22.6: Camopi is younger than 99% of compared French towns
With empty homes at 2.1%, Camopi is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 2,189 residents here, living in 410 households. For Camopi, the census puts flats at 1.4%. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 76% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Camopi
A young town
Half of Camopi’s residents are under 22.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are under 15 and 2.4% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
73% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 35% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Camopi had 1,665 residents at the 2012 census and 2,189 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Camopi grew +31% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 97% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median French Guiana town ±0%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +21% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Camopi 22.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 18% of residents are 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 73%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 7.3% in Camopi. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households make up about one in 12 here (8.5%).
A higher share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 52%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Without a car: one household in two, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 4.1% in Camopi.
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Camopi sits above 84% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (11%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in French Guiana has –. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are immigrants here.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.5% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Graduates of higher education make up 12% in Camopi, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
70% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 2,189 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Camopi (22.6), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Camopi
What is the population of Camopi?
2,189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (1,665).
How old are Camopi’s residents?
The median age is 22.6, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 42% are under 18 and 2.4% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Camopi?
18, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Camopi?
INSEE counts 250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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