Mayotte

Key facts

Capital

Mamoudzou

Region

Africa, Eastern Africa

Population

279,471

Area

374 km²

Currency

euro (EUR)

Languages

French

Calling code

+262

Internet domain

.yt

ISO codes

YT, MYT, 175

Time zone

UTC+3:00

United Nations

Not a member

Postal code pattern

##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Mayotte covers about 374 square kilometres. By area it ranks 211th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and a little larger than United States Virgin Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 13° south, 45° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

About 279,471 people live in Mayotte (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 185th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 747 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: French. A person from Mayotte is called Mahoran.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more.

Time

Mayotte uses one time zone, UTC+3:00 (Indian/Mayotte). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Eastern Africa

British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.