Mayotte 🇾🇹

Mayotte belongs to Eastern Africa, and it is a dependent territory rather than a country in the political sense. In formal use it is Department of Mayotte. Mamoudzou is the capital.

Around 320,000 people live there, placing it 183rd of 250 by population — between Vanuatu above it and French Guiana below. Measured only against its own subregion, it is 19th of 20 in size and 18th in population.

By land area it covers 374 km², which ranks it 211th of the 250 countries and territories in this dataset — just behind Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and just ahead of the United States Virgin Islands. For scale, it is around a quarter larger than Malta.

How Mayotte sits on the globe

Plotted on a globe it falls at 12.8° south, 45.2° east, which puts it in the southern hemisphere, roughly 1,429 km from the equator, in what geographers would call tropical latitudes.

Follow that same latitude east or west and you reach Samoa, American Samoa and Wallis and Futuna — places that share its distance from the equator but little else.

It shares no land border with anyone. That puts it among the 85 entries of 250 here with no land neighbours, which shapes how it trades and who it deals with.

People, population and language

Density comes out at around 856 people per square kilometre, which makes it densely populated. Half the entries in this dataset fall below roughly 90 per square kilometre.

Someone from Mayotte is a Mahoran.

The one official language is French. French is one of the widely shared official languages here, listed by 45 other entries including Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso and Burundi.

Inside Africa it places 55th of 59 by population, and it accounts for under 1% of everyone living in Eastern Africa.

Currency and codes

The currency is the Euro (€, EUR). That is a shared currency: 37 other entries use it, including Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and Croatia.

Its internet country code is .yt. To phone it from abroad you dial +262. Standard country codes: yt and MYT.

Mamoudzou is the seat of government and the answer most quizzes are looking for.

Mayotte is not a UN member state. The dataset does not record which state administers it, so this page does not guess. Of the 250 entries here, 57 are territories or observers rather than member states.

Fun facts about Mayotte

• People from Mayotte are known as Mahorans.
• Its full official name is Department of Mayotte.
• In land area it is around a quarter larger than Malta.
• It is 183rd of 250 by population, with about 320,000 residents.
• Websites based there use the .yt domain.
• Its currency, the Euro, is shared with 37 other entries.

Mayotte — frequently asked questions

What is the capital of Mayotte?

The capital of Mayotte is Mamoudzou.

What currency does Mayotte use?

Mayotte uses the Euro, written € (currency code EUR). It is shared with 37 other entries.

How big is Mayotte?

Mayotte covers 374 km², ranking 211th of 250 by land area. That makes it around a quarter larger than Malta.

What is the population of Mayotte?

Mayotte has a population of about 320,000, which makes it the 183rd most populous of the 250 countries and territories listed on this site. Vanuatu sits just above it and French Guiana just below.

Where is Mayotte located?

Mayotte is in Eastern Africa, part of Africa. Its reference coordinates are 12.8° south and 45.2° east, roughly 1,429 km from the equator in tropical latitudes.

Does Mayotte border any other country?

No. Mayotte has no land border with any other country, so every route in or out is by sea or air. 85 of the 250 entries on this site are in the same position.

What language is spoken in Mayotte?

The official language of Mayotte is French. It is also official in 45 other entries on this list.

Is Mayotte a country?

Not in the political sense. Mayotte is a dependent territory rather than a sovereign state, and it is not a UN member. It appears on this site because it has its own flag, codes and statistics, but it does not have a seat at the United Nations.