Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines single age population pyramid 2020.png
Population pyramid of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2020
Population100,969 (2022 est.)
Growth rate-0.17% (2022 est.)
Birth rate12.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate7.49 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate-6.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years20.15%
65 and over10.72%
Nationality
Major ethnicAfrican descent (71.2%)

This is a demography of the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Contents

Census population and average annual growth rate
YearPop.±% p.a.
1871 35,688    
1881 40,548+1.28%
1891 41,054+0.12%
1911 41,877+0.10%
1921 44,447+0.60%
1931 47,961+0.76%
1946 61,647+1.69%
1960 79,948+1.87%
1970 86,944+0.84%
1980 97,845+1.19%
1991 107,598+0.87%
2001 109,022+0.13%
2012 109,991+0.08%
2023    
Source: [1]
Note: Pop. numbers for 2012, 2001, and 1991 represent total populations, while pop. numbers for previous years exclude institutional populations.

Population size and structure

Population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Data of FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands Saint Vincent and Gren.png
Population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Data of FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands

According to the 2012 census, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had a total population of 109,991, an increase of 969 since the 2001 census. [1] [2] While the country's population continues to increase, annual growth has slowed since the 1991 census. [1]

The estimated population for 2021 is 104,332 (per the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4] ).

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2008) (Because of rounding, totals are not in all cases the sum of the respective components. Unrevised data.): [5]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total50 00949 07799 086100
0-44 7824 5209 3029.39
5-95 3525 33210 68410.78
10-145 2695 12210 39110.49
15-195 2935 23810 53110.63
20-244 6394 4209 0609.14
25-294 0573 8847 9418.01
30-343 7473 4087 1557.22
35-393 9113 6147 5257.59
40-443 2143 0296 2436.30
45-492 2522 1584 4104.45
50-541 8071 6743 4813.51
55-591 2991 2962 5952.62
60-641 2221 3282 5502.57
65-691 1431 2362 3792.40
70-748319891 8191.84
75-795918211 4121.43
80-843595208790.89
85+2414887290.74
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0-1415 40314 97430 37730.66
15-6431 44130 04961 49062.06
65+3 1654 0547 2197.29
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021): [6]
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total56 82653 958110 784100
0–44 4134 3578 7707.92
5–94 4074 2378 6447.80
10–145 1584 7469 9048.94
15–195 1694 88810 0579.08
20–244 4544 2788 7327.88
25–294 3254 1138 4387.62
30–343 9764 0007 9767.20
35–393 9273 7367 6636.92
40–443 8593 4037 2626.56
45–493 9503 6277 5766.84
50–543 5153 1316 6456.00
55–592 7032 4035 1064.61
60–642 0151 8623 8773.50
65-691 4901 3922 8832.60
70-741 3111 2622 5732.32
75-799851 0212 0061.81
80-846787851 4631.32
85+4917161 2071.09
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–1413 97813 34027 31824.66
15–6437 89335 44273 33566.20
65+4 9555 17610 1319.14

Vital statistics

[7] [8]

Average populationLive birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Total fertility rateInfant mortality rate
195067,0002,6621,0221,64039.715.324.5
195168,0002,9309901,94043.014.528.5
195269,0002,9061,1171,78942.016.125.8
195371,0003,0691,1271,94243.516.027.5
195472,0003,1171,1251,99243.315.627.7
195574,0003,6071,1022,50549.115.034.1
195675,0003,6019372,66448.012.535.5
195777,0004,2619853,27655.612.942.7
195878,0003,9301,2232,70750.315.634.6
195980,0004,0511,1412,91050.914.336.6
196081,0003,9851,2102,77549.214.934.3
196182,0003,9681,0242,94448.312.535.8
196283,0003,7279572,77044.811.533.3
196384,0003,6371,0062,63143.212.031.3
196485,0003,6788212,85743.29.733.6
196586,0003,7708312,93943.99.734.2
196687,0003,8098292,98043.99.534.3
196788,0003,5747752,79940.78.831.9
196889,0003,3248252,49937.59.328.2
196990,0003,0938832,21034.69.924.7
197090,0003,3277372,59036.88.128.6
197191,0003,7147342,98040.68.032.6
197292,0003,7058902,81540.19.630.4
197394,0003,2439902,25334.710.624.1
197495,0003,3737162,65735.77.628.1
197596,0003,3987242,67435.57.628.0
197697,0003,7867243,06239.27.531.7
197798,0003,1527322,42032.37.524.8
197899,0003,2757452,53033.27.625.7
1979100,0003,4096932,71634.27.027.3
1980101,0003,0757242,35130.67.223.4
1981101,0003,2277722,45531.87.624.2
1982102,0003,3527172,63532.87.025.8
1983103,0003,2957792,51632.07.624.4
1984104,0002,8317032,12827.36.820.5
1986105,0002,7086552,05325.76.219.5
1988107,0002,5377121,82523.86.717.1
1990108,0002,5526861,86623.76.417.4
1991108,0002,5916541,93724.06.118.0
1992108,0002,6867141,97224.96.618.3
1993108,0002,6876802,00724.96.318.6
1994108,0002,5497321,81723.66.816.8
1995108,0002,6147301,88424.26.817.4
1996108,0002,3387921,54621.67.314.3
1997108,0002,3117361,57521.46.814.6
1998108,0002,1128301,28219.67.711.9
1999108,0002,1718331,33820.17.712.4
2000108,0002,1497001,44919.96.513.4
2001108,0002,1097651,34419.57.112.4
2002108,0001,9857661,21918.47.111.3
2003109,1981,9237901,13317.67.210.42.1
2004109,2861,80481299216.57.49.12.0
2005109,3741,77981396616.37.48.91.916.3
2006109,4621,7967771,01916.47.29.22.127.8
2007109,5511,8227791,04316.67.19.52.018.7
2008109,6391,9018481,05317.37.79.62.119.4
2009109,7271,9057771,12817.47.110.32.23518.3
2010109,8141,78482795716.27.58.72.25321.3
2011109,9031,72588284315.78.07.71.89222.0
2012109,9911,84085898216.77.88.92.21313.6
2013110,0791,73892681215.88.47.42.09018.4
2014110,1661,8411,00683516.79.17.62.21115.8
2015110,2551,81388592816.48.38.12.18814.3
2016110,3431,72993079915.88.07.82.10214.5
2017110,4311,53991162813.98.25.71.85811.0
2018110,5201,52496555913.88.75.11.84814.4
2019110,6081,4261,02340312.99.23.71.73910.5
2020110,6961,3201,04627411.99.42.51.59815.9
2021110,7841,3701,18318712.410.71.71.75616.8
2022110,8721,2641,09317111.49.91.51.54215.8
20231,21266754510.96.14.817.3


Ethnic groups

Saint Vincents's population is predominantly African (77,764 in 2012; 71.2% of the total population) or of mixed African-European descent (25,111; 27.6%). 1.1% of the population is East Indian (1,199 residents in 2001) and 1.5% white (753 Portuguese and 889 other white). [1]

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines also has a small indigenous (Amerindian/Carib) population. During the past decades the indigenous population changed from 3,347 at the 1991 census (3.1% of the population) to 3,898 at the 2001 census (3.6% of the population) to 3,280 at the 2012 census (3.0% of the population). [9]

Black Caribs are originally from the island of Saint Vincent, formed in the 18th century by the mixture between Kalinago and enslaved Africans who escaped. A part of their community (now known as Garifuna) was expelled from St. Vincent in 1797 and exported to the island of Roatán, Honduras, from where they migrated to the Caribbean coast of the mainland of Central America and spread as far as Belize and Nicaragua. [10] While the Garifuna have retained their Kalinago language, [11] the Black Caribs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines speak Creole English. [12]

The remaining 0.8% of the population includes Chinese and people from the Middle East.

Ethnic groups in the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [13]
Ethnic groupspercent
African
66%
Mixed
19%
East Indian
6%
European
4%
Other
3%
Carib Amerindian
2%

Language

While the official language is English most Vincentians speak Vincentian Creole, an English-based creole, as their mother tongue. [14] English is used in education, government, religion, and other formal domains, while Creole (or "dialect" as it is referred to locally) is used in informal situations such as in the home and among friends. [15]

Religion

Religious groups in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [13]
Religious groupspercent
Anglican
47%
Methodist
28%
Roman Catholic
13%
Other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant)
12%

Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%), Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%. [13]

According to the 2001 census, 81.5% of the population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is considered Christian, 6.7% has another religion and 8.8% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.5%). [16]

According to the 2012 census, 82.3% of the population identifies as Christian (mainly Pentecostal, Anglican or Seventh-day Adventists); 7.5% have no religion, and there are groups of Rastafarians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews and Baha’is. [17]

Between 1991 and 2001 the number of Anglicans, Brethren, Methodists and Roman Catholics decreased, while the number of Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Seventh-day Adventists increased.

References

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  13. 1 2 3 "Central America and Caribbean :: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES". CIA The World Factbook. 2 May 2023.
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  15. "The Classification of the English-Lexifier Creole Languages Spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent, and Tobago Using a Comparison of the Markers of Some Key Grammatical Features". Sil.org. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  16. "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Population and Housing Census 2001". Stats.gov.vc. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  17. US State Department, 2022 report on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines