Demographics
The French part of the island has a land area of 54.3 square kilometres (21.0 sq mi). A local English-based dialect is spoken in informal situations on both the French and Dutch sides of the island. At the January 2009 French census, the population in the French part of the island was 36,824 (up from only 8,072 inhabitants at the 1982 census), which means a population density of 678 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,760 /sq mi) in 2009.
| 1885 | 1961 | 1967 | 1974 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,400 | 4,502 | 5,061 | 6,191 | 8,072 | 28,518 | 29,078 | 35,263 | 36,824 |
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