![]()
GeographyLocation: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 84 km
PeoplePopulation: 117,344 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 19.62 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.46 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -7.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: African descent, Caucasian, East Indian, Carib Indian Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist Languages: English, French patois
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Kingstown Independence: 27 October 1979 (from UK) Constitution: 27 October 1979
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $235 million National product real growth rate: 2% National product per capita: $2,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% Unemployment rate: 35%-40%
Electricity:
|
| More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined. |