People

Population: 119 818 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 31% (male 18 630; female 17 994)

15-64 years: 64% (male 38 562; female 37 979)

65 years and over: 5% (male 2 740; female 3 913) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.6% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 18.74 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 5.28 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -7.47 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 15.69 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 73.51 years

male: 72 years

female: 75.07 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.97 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)

adjective: Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

Ethnic groups: black white East Indian Carib Amerindian

Religions: Anglican Methodist Roman Catholic Seventh-Day Adventist

Languages: English French patois

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

total population: 96%

male: 96%

female: 96% (1970 est.)