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St Vincent & The
Grenadines
Community
Area 389 square kilometres (land area 389 square kilometres)
St Vincent, 344 square kilometres
Population,
27,248 (1850)
47,548 (1901)
61,593 (1946)
66,500 (1950)
81,000 (1960) +21.8%
90,500 (1970) +11.7%
100,500 (1980) +11.0%
107,500 (1990) +7.0%
108,000 (2000) +0.5%
108,200 (2010) +0.2%
110,950 (2020) +2.5%
Ethnicity,
|
% Group |
Amerindian |
Asian (Indian) |
Black |
Mixed Race |
White |
|
1921 |
|
|
69.1 |
23.5 |
4.5 |
|
1982 |
|
|
66.0 |
24.0 |
|
|
2009 |
2.0 |
6.9 |
65.5 |
23.5 |
|
|
2013 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
66.0 |
16.0 |
4.0 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Anglican |
Christian Baptist |
Christian Methodist |
Christian Pentecostal |
Christian R C |
Christian 7th Day Adv. |
|
1990 |
42.0 |
|
21.0 |
|
12.0 |
|
|
2001 |
17.8 |
10.0 |
10.9 |
17.6 |
7.5 |
10.2 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1950 |
|
42.0 (+26.0) |
115.0 |
16.0 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
7.1 |
46.0 (+34.0) |
|
12.0 |
49.6 |
4.0 |
25.9 |
|
1970 |
6.0 |
30.0 (+19.1) |
48.0 |
10.9 |
49.8 |
4.8 |
30.7 |
|
1980 |
4.0 |
31.0 (+20.7) |
41.0 |
11.3 |
43.7 |
5.7 |
35.9 |
|
1990 |
3.0 |
25.0 (+18.0) |
20.0 |
7.0 |
38.0 |
6.2 |
41.4 |
|
2000 |
2.4 |
18.3 (+10.1) |
19.5 |
6.2 |
31.4 |
6.9 |
45.2 |
|
2010 |
2.0 |
17.0 (+10.0) |
19.0 |
7.0 |
26.5 |
8.2 |
48.8 |
|
2015 |
2.0 |
14.8 (+7.7) |
16.2 |
7.1 |
24.5 |
9.2 |
50.6 |
|
2017 |
1.9 |
14.4 (+7.1) |
15.3 |
7.3 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
14.8 |
|
22.5 |
9.6 |
52.2 |
Life expectancy,
57.7 (1960); 55.8 (M), 59.7 (F)
64.8 (1970); 62.8 (M), 66.9 (F)
67.4 (1980); 65.2 (M), 70.0 (F)
70.1 (1990); 67.9 (M), 72.4 (F)
70.6 (2000); 68.2 (M), 73.0 (F)
72.3 (2010); 70.3 (M), 74.4 (F)
72.6 (2020); 70.3 (M), 75.2 (F)
Population of principal cities
KINGSTOWN,
4,547 (1891)
4,269 (1921)
4,308 (1960)
Metropolitan area,
22,782 (1978)
24,764 (1982)
26,223 (1991)
28,000 (1999)
25,307 (2004)
28,000 (2009)
16,500 (2010)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
13 |
0.00 |
161 |
5.35 |
|
1965 |
15 |
0.00 |
175 |
4.57 |
|
1970 |
20 |
0.00 |
204 |
3.89 |
|
1975 |
30 |
0.00 |
350 |
4.48 |
|
1980 |
82 |
0.00 |
820 |
6.51 |
|
1985 |
145 |
0.00 |
1,400 |
7.66 |
|
1990 |
240 |
0.00 |
2,235 |
9.33 |
|
1995 |
316 |
0.00 |
2,920 |
9.71 |
|
2000 |
396 |
0.00 |
3,670 |
10.07 |
|
2005 |
550 |
0.00 |
5,065 |
11.43 |
|
2010 |
680 |
0.00 |
6,230 |
12.88 |
|
2015 |
737 |
0.00 |
6,740 |
11.99 |
|
2016 |
770 |
0.00 |
7,030 |
12.23 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1980 |
16.7 |
29.0 |
10.9 |
17.0 |
73.0 |
53.0 |
|
2010 |
10.0 |
26.0 |
26.0 |
17.0 |
64.0 |
57.0 |
|
2016 |
7.1 |
|
17.4 |
|
75.4 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English.� French also spoken
Literacy
82.0% (1980)
88.1% (2004)
96.0% (2010); 96.0% (M), 96.0% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1980 |
510 |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
|
4,842 |
1,306 |
|
1990 |
943 |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
|
5,300 |
3,700 |
|
1996 |
1,040 |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
10,504 |
3,019 |
|
2014 |
|
28,368 |
|
|
Railways; None
Electronic communications, TV broadcasting began 1980
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
280 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1943 |
309 |
|
168 |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
1975 |
3,170 |
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
3,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
13,100 |
|
70,000 |
15,000 |
|
|
|
1992 |
|
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
215 |
75,000 |
18,000 |
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
77,500 |
|
10,000 |
|
|
2000 |
24,900 |
2,360 |
|
26,000 |
12,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
14,000 |
7,000 |
|
2005 |
|
70,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
22,900 |
|
|
|
|
57,000 |
|
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
76,000 |
|
2016 |
20,550 |
112,650 |
|
|
|
|
Tourism: Visitors to St Vincent and The Grenadines,
92,233 (1980)
86,350 (1983)
54,000 (1990)
60,000 (1995)
73,000 (2000)
96,000 (2005)
72,000 (2010)
75,000 (2015)