ACOG - Saint Lucia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Area:
total area: 620 sq km
land area: 610 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 158 km


People

Population: 156,050 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 35% (female 26,710; male 27,255)
15-64 years: 60% (female 47,584; male 46,326)
65 years and over: 5% (female 5,040; male 3,135)

Population growth rate: 1.17% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 22.48 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.88 years
male: 66.33 years
female: 73.67 years

Total fertility rate: 2.37 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: African descent 90.3%, mixed 5.5%, East Indian 3.2%, Caucasian 0.8%

Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3%

Languages: English (official), French patois

Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1980)
total population: 67%
male: 65%
female: 69%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Saint Lucia

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Castries

Independence: 22 February 1979 (from UK)

Constitution: 22 February 1979


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $610 million

National product real growth rate: 2%

National product per capita: $4,200

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.8%

Unemployment rate: 25%

Electricity:
capacity: 20,000 kW
production: 112 million kWh
consumption per capita: 693 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).