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The People of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucian People

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Population: 160,267 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.4% (male 20,035/female 19,021) 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 51,593/female 54,843) 65 years and over: 9.2% (male 6,668/female 8,107) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 29.8 years male: 28.7 years female: 30.8 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.416% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.71 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -4.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.45 years male: 73.78 years female: 79.27 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.84 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian

Ethnic groups: black 82.5%, mixed 11.9%, East Indian 2.4%, other or unspecified 3.1% (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)

Languages: English (official), French patois

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 90.1% male: 89.5% female: 90.6% (2001 est.)