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This article contains a translation of http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique from fr.wikipedia.

"Population" - needs updating

Martinique had a population of 349,925 as of January 2024. The population has been decreasing by 0.9% per year since 2013. There are an estimated 260,000 people of Martinican origin living in mainland France, most of them in the Paris region. Emigration was highest in the 1970s, causing population growth to almost stop, but it is comparatively light today.

How do we reconcile the two bolded statements? The later is sourced to an article from 2015 which I suspect is outdated. What would explain the population decline if not emigration? 2600:1702:6D0:5160:54D2:ECCA:4BCE:D8E5 (talk) 02:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]