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St Lucia
Community
Area� 616 square kilometres (land area 606 square kilometres)
Population,
24,500 (1850)
42,220 (1891)
50,237 (1901)
69,955 (1946)
79,000 (1950)
90,000 (1960) +13.9%
104,200 (1970) +15.8%
118,000(1980) +13.2%
138,200 (1990) +17.1%
156,950 (2000) +13.6%
174,000 (2010) +10.9%
183,600 (2020) +5.5%
Ethnicity,
|
Ethnic Group % |
Afro-Caribbean |
Asian (Indian) |
Mixed race |
|
1990 |
90.0 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
|
2009 |
82.5 |
2.4 |
11.9 |
Religion,
|
% Group |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
None |
|
1990 |
|
82.0 |
|
|
2001 |
|
79.0 |
4.5 |
|
2015 |
25.5 |
61.5 |
5.9 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
22.5 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
36.0 (+21.0) |
116.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
42.0 (+28.4) |
|
13.6 |
44.7 |
4.3 |
21.5 |
|
1970 |
5.7 |
39.0 (+29.7) |
58.1 |
9.3 |
50.1 |
4.6 |
23.9 |
|
1980 |
4.7 |
31.0 (+24.3) |
24.5 |
6.7 |
43.8 |
5.1 |
26.5 |
|
1990 |
3.4 |
28.0 (+21.6) |
18.0 |
6.4 |
36.5 |
7.5 |
29.3 |
|
2000 |
2.2 |
18.5 (+11.1) |
15.0 |
7.4 |
32.2 |
7.6 |
27.8 |
|
2010 |
1.5 |
13.0 (+6.1) |
16.4 |
6.9 |
23.2 |
8.7 |
18.5 |
|
2015 |
1.5 |
12.4 (+4.9) |
15.9 |
7.5 |
19.7 |
9.4 |
18.5 |
|
2017 |
1.4 |
12.1 (+4.6) |
15.2 |
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
14.9 |
|
18.5 |
9.8 |
18.7 |
Life expectancy,
57.3 (1960); 53.8 (M), 61.0 (F)
62.8 (1970); 56.0 (M), 66.2 (F)
68.8 (1980); 65.4 (M), 72.4 (F)
71.0 (1990); 68.7 (M), 73.5 (F)
71.4 (2000); 69.6 (M), 73.3 (F)
74.5 (2010); 71.8 (M), 77.2 (F)
76.3 (2020); 74.9 (M), 77.6 (F)
Population of principal cities
CASTRIES,
7,757 (1901)
45,763 (1980)
52,063 (1991)
57,000 (2000)
53,639 (2013)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1966 |
20 |
0.00 |
190 |
4.58 |
|
1970 |
30 |
0.00 |
247 |
4.71 |
|
1975 |
60 |
0.00 |
525 |
6.71 |
|
1980 |
130 |
0.00 |
1,240 |
9.84 |
|
1985 |
220 |
0.01 |
1,900 |
10.40 |
|
1990 |
400 |
0.01 |
3,500 |
14.61 |
|
1995 |
560 |
0.01 |
4,350 |
14.47 |
|
2000 |
680 |
0.01 |
5,000 |
13.72 |
|
2005 |
950 |
0.01 |
5,800 |
13.09 |
|
2010 |
1,240 |
0.01 |
7,200 |
14.88 |
|
2015 |
1,430 |
0.01 |
8,100 |
14.41 |
|
2016 |
1,380 |
0.01 |
7,750 |
13.49 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1980 |
12.8 |
32.1 |
6.7 |
4.4 |
80.0 |
64.0 |
|
2000 |
8.0 |
|
18.5 |
|
73.0 |
|
|
2010 |
5.0 |
21.7 |
15.0 |
24.7 |
80.0 |
53.6 |
|
2016 |
2.9 |
|
13.9 |
|
83.2 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English,�
Kweyol (French-based patois),
82.0% (1992)
80.0% (2000)
Literacy
82.0% (1980); 80.8% (M), 82.4% (F)
90.1% (2000); 89.5% (M), 90.6% (F)
94.8% (2009)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
612 |
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
780 |
|
|
4,479 |
1,171 |
|
2000 |
|
|
|
13,100 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
56,601 |
52,832 |
390* |
|
2011 |
1,210 |
847 |
|
|
|
*Heavy trucks
Railways; None
Electronic communications, �TV
broadcasting began 1967
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
3,600 |
|
82,000 |
1,700 |
|
|
|
1980 |
4,800 |
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
1990 |
17,000 |
|
100,000 |
24,334 |
|
|
|
1993 |
|
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
1994 |
|
524 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
1,000 |
109,000 |
30,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
48,900 |
2,500 |
112,000 |
46,000 |
22,000 |
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
23,000 |
13,000 |
|
2005 |
|
105,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
110,000 |
|
2010 |
41,100 |
|
|
|
|
142,900 |
|
2016 |
35,000 |
176,600 |
|
|
|
|
Tourism: Visitors to St Lucia,
107,000 (1978)
126,685 (1985)
141,000 (1990)
231,000 (1995)
270,000 (2000)
318,000 (2005)
306,000 (2010)
345,000 (2015)