Land use: arable land: 13.94% permanent crops: 1.59% other: 84.47% (2005)
Irrigated land:
120 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
periodic, devastating cyclones (December to April); Piton de la
Fournaise on the southeastern coast is an active volcano
Environment - current issues:
NA
Geography - note:
this mountainous, volcanic island has an active volcano, Piton de
la Fournaise; there is a tropical cyclone center at Saint-Denis,
which is the monitoring station for the whole of the Indian Ocean
People Reunion
Population:
787,584 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.8% (male 120,147/female 114,589)
15-64 years: 64% (male 248,895/female 255,156)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 19,847/female 28,950) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 26.9 years
male: 25.7 years
female: 28.1 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.34% (2006 est.)