Saint Lucia: People & Society#
| Population | 164,464 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian |
| Ethnic groups | black/African descent 85.3%, mixed 10.9%, East Indian 2.2%, other 1.6%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) |
| Languages | English (official), French patois |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafarian 1.9%, other 0.4%, none 5.9%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 20.35% (male 17,225/female 16,237) 15-24 years: 15.88% (male 13,257/female 12,867) 25-54 years: 42.97% (male 33,974/female 36,697) 55-64 years: 9.58% (male 7,278/female 8,478) 65 years and over: 11.22% (male 8,352/female 10,099) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 47.3% youth dependency ratio: 34.1% elderly dependency ratio: 13.3% potential support ratio: 7.5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 34.2 years male: 33 years female: 35.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.33% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 13.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population is found on the periphery of the island, with a larger concentration in the north around the capital of Castries |
| Urbanization | urban population: 18.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.89% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | CASTRIES (capital) 22,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 48 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.8 years male: 75 years female: 80.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.75 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 6.7% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.5% of population rural: 95.6% of population total: 96.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population rural: 4.4% of population total: 3.7% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 84.7% of population rural: 91.9% of population total: 90.5% of population unimproved: urban: 15.3% of population rural: 8.1% of population total: 9.5% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 2.8% (2012) |
| Education expenditures | 4.8% of GDP (2015) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 13 years (2007) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 27.5% male: 21.5% female: 35.2% (2007 est.) |