ACOG - Grenada  - IBM

Geography

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

Area:
total area: 340 sq km
land area: 340 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 121 km


People

Population: 94,486 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 20,076; male 20,824)
15-64 years: 52% (female 23,123; male 25,828)
65 years and over: 5% (female 2,514; male 2,121)

Population growth rate: 0.45% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 29.69 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5.95 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -19.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 12.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.67 years
male: 68.2 years
female: 73.17 years

Total fertility rate: 3.85 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: black African

Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, other Protestant sects

Languages: English (official), French patois

Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Saint George's

Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)

Constitution: 19 December 1973


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $258 million

National product real growth rate: 0.5%

National product per capita: $2,750

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.6%

Unemployment rate: 25%

Electricity:
capacity: 12,500 kW
production: 60 million kWh
consumption per capita: 639 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).