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Grenada
Community
Area 344 square kilometres (land area 344 square kilometres)
Population,
13,000 (1763)
25,500 (1783)
28,923 (1850)
42,403 (1881)
64,288 (1901)
66,302 (1921)
72,374 (1946)
75,800 (1950)
89,900 (1960) +18.6%
94,400 (1970) +5.0%
89,000 (1980) -5.7%
96,300 (1990) +8.2%
101,600 (2000) +5.5%
104,700 (2010) +3.1%
112,500 (2020) +7.4%
Ethnicity %
|
|
Afro-Caribbean |
Indian |
Mixed |
White |
|
1763 |
90.0 |
|
|
11.0 |
|
1783 |
96.0 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
1921 |
76.7 |
4.1 |
17.6 |
1.5 |
|
1988 |
84.0 |
3.0 |
|
1.0 |
|
2001 |
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
2009 |
82.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
1.0 |
There were just 9 Carib remaining in 1960
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Anglican |
Christian J W |
Christian All Protestant |
Christian R C |
No religion |
|
1900 |
35.4 |
|
6.7 |
57.4 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
22.6 |
|
11.8 |
63.6 |
0.1 |
|
1990 |
|
|
|
82.0 |
|
|
2001 |
14.0 |
|
|
53.0 |
|
|
2015 |
11.5 |
1.1 |
43.5 |
44.6 |
3.6 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
40.0 (+26.0) |
89.0 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
6.4 |
39.0 (+27.6) |
|
11.4 |
49.6 |
4.9 |
30.7 |
|
1965 |
5.6 |
34.6 (+33.3) |
42.5 |
10.3 |
49.7 |
5.0 |
31.3 |
|
1972 |
4.5 |
26.0 (+17.0) |
|
9.0 |
46.0 |
5.7 |
32.4 |
|
1980 |
4.3 |
31.0 (+22.0) |
|
9.0 |
40.0 |
7.1 |
32.9 |
|
1985 |
4.2���� |
32.7 (+24.3) |
20.1 |
8.5 |
38.1 |
6.2 |
33.2 |
|
1990 |
3.8 |
28.0 (+19.5) |
18.0 |
8.5 |
38.9 |
7.9 |
33.4 |
|
2000 |
2.6 |
18.6 (+10.4) |
13.4 |
8.2 |
33.4 |
8.5 |
35.9 |
|
2010 |
2.2 |
19.0 (+11.5) |
12.6 |
7.5 |
24.0 |
9.8 |
35.7 |
|
2015 |
2.1 |
18.9 (+11.8) |
13.5 |
7.1 |
23.2 |
9.6 |
35.6 |
|
2017 |
2.1 |
16.7 (+9.6) |
13.8 |
7.1 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
13.7 |
|
23.6 |
9.6 |
36.3 |
Life
expectancy,
59.8 (1960); 58.0 (M), 61.7 (F)
63.6 (1970); 61.6 (M), 65.7 (F)
66.4 (1980); 64.3 (M), 68.6 (F)
68.5 (1990); 66.3 (M), 70.8 (F)
70.3 (2000); 68.0 (M), 72.6 (F)
72.6 (2010); 70.2 (M), 75.0 (F)
72.5 (2020); 70.1 (M), 75.0 (F)
Population of principal cities
ST
GEORGE�S
4,000 (1900)
4,629 (1921)
7,303 (1960)
23,000 (1974)
30,813 (1978)
35,559 (2001)
33,734 (2012)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1970 |
10 |
0.00 |
125 |
2.38 |
|
1975 |
40 |
0.00 |
331 |
4.23 |
|
1980 |
111 |
0.00 |
1,246 |
9.89 |
|
1985 |
168 |
0.00 |
1,700 |
9.31 |
|
1990 |
278 |
0.00 |
2,900 |
12.11 |
|
1995 |
342 |
0.00 |
3,400 |
11.31 |
|
2000 |
520 |
0.01 |
5,100 |
13.99 |
|
2005 |
695 |
0.01 |
6,750 |
15.23 |
|
2010 |
771 |
0.01 |
7,365 |
15.23 |
|
2015 |
984 |
0.01 |
9,200 |
16.37 |
|
2016 |
1,016 |
0.01 |
9,500 |
16.53 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1980 |
22.0 |
40.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
12.0 |
|
18.0 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
8.0 |
24.0 |
24.0 |
14.0 |
68.0 |
62.0 |
|
2006 |
6.7 |
|
29.0 |
|
64.3 |
|
|
2008 |
|
11.0 |
|
20.0 |
|
69.0 |
|
2011 |
10.6 |
|
28.9 |
|
62.0 |
|
|
2016 |
9.0 |
|
14.6 |
|
76.5 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English� French patois also spoken
Literacy
76.0% (1946)
85.0% (1985); 15.0% (M), 15.0% (F)
90.0% (1990)
95.0% (1995)
96.0% (2000)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
742 |
|
|
|
|
|
1965 |
|
|
2,700 |
|
|
|
1979 |
|
|
6,679 |
|
|
|
1990 |
1,000 |
|
12,198 |
|
|
|
1995 |
1,040 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
1,127 |
687 |
|
|
|
Railways; none
Electronic communications �TV broadcasts began 1974
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
750 |
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
|
|
63,500 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
3,024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
15,200 |
150 |
|
|
|
|
|
1993 |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
400 |
55,000 |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
|
57,000 |
33,000 |
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
2000 |
31,350 |
4,300 |
|
38,000 |
12,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
14,000 |
15,000 |
|
2005 |
32,000 |
43,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
28,550 |
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2016 |
26,776 |
119,000 |
|
|
|
62,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Grenada,
29,627 (1969)
37,900 (1972)
32,321 (1978)
57,000 (1986)
76,000 (1990)
108,000 (1995)
129,000 (2000)
98,548 (2005)
110,000 (2010)
140,700 (2015)