Status: Territorial Collectivity Prefect: Yves Fauqueur (2006) Land area: 93 sq mi (241 sq km) Population (2006 est.): 7,026 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 13.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.4/1000; life expectancy: 78.6; density per sq mi: 76 Capital (2003 est.): Saint Pierre, 5,900 Language: French (official) Ethnicity/race: Basques and Bretons (French fishermen) Religion: Roman Catholic 99% Literacy rate: 99% (1982 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003 est.): $48.3 million, supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million; per capita $7,000 (2001 est.). Real growth rate: n.a. Inflation: 2.1% (1991–1996 average). Unemployment: 9.8% (1997). Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish. Labor force: 3,450 (2005); fishing 18%, industry (mainly fish processing) 41%, services 41% (1996 est.). Industries: fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism. Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports. Exports: $5.5 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): fish and fish products, soybeans, animal feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts. Imports: $68.2 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials. Major trading partners: Belgium, U.S., Spain, France, Germany, Canada, Ireland, Italy (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 4,800 (2002); mobile cellular: 0 (1994). Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998). Television broadcast stations: 0 (there are, however, two repeaters which rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the U.S.) (1997). Internet hosts: 0. Internet users: n.a. Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 114 km; paved: 69 km; unpaved: 45 km. Ports and harbors: Saint Pierre. Airports: 2 (2007). International disputes: none. Major sources and definitions | 
