Demographics of Grenada

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Demographics of Grenada
Population pyramid of Grenada in 2020
Population113,949 (2022 est.)
Growth rate0.32% (2022 est.)
Birth rate13.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate8.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy75.74 years
 • male73.13 years
 • female78.6 years
Fertility rate1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate9.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-2.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years23.23%
65 and over10.89%
Sex ratio
Total1.03 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.1 male(s)/female
Under 151.09 male(s)/female
65 and over0.69 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityGrenadian
Major ethnicAfrican descent (82.4%)

The demography of the people of Grenada, Grenadians /ɡrəˈneɪdiːənz/, includes population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Census population and average annual growth rate
YearPop.±% p.a.
1871 37,684—    
1881 42,403+1.19%
1891 53,209+2.30%
1901 63,438+1.77%
1911 66,750+0.51%
1921 66,302−0.07%
1946 72,387+0.35%
1960 88,677+1.46%
1970 92,775+0.45%
1981 89,088−0.37%
1991 85,123−0.45%
2001 103,137+1.94%
2011 105,539+0.23%
Source:[1][2]

Population

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According to the 2011 census Grenada has 105,539 inhabitants.[2] The estimated population of 2021 is 124,610 (the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4]).

Fertility rate

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The fertility rate in Grenada was 2.21 in 2013.[2]

Vital statistics

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Average population (x 1000)[6] Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate[7] Infant mortality rate[7]
1950 77 2 962 1 056 1 906 38.6 13.8 24.9
1951 77 3 037 1 276 1 761 39.6 16.7 23.0
1952 77 3 119 1 255 1 864 40.4 16.3 24.2
1953 78 3 283 1 084 2 199 42.0 13.9 28.2
1954 79 3 507 793 2 714 44.2 10.0 34.2
1955 81 3 919 1 205 2 714 48.4 14.9 33.5
1956 83 3 627 1 179 2 448 43.8 14.2 29.6
1957 85 4 664 908 3 756 55.1 10.7 44.4
1958 86 4 253 973 3 280 49.2 11.2 37.9
1959 88 4 115 919 3 196 46.6 10.4 36.2
1960 90 4 016 1 032 2 984 44.7 11.5 33.2
1961 91 3 691 1 022 2 669 40.4 11.2 29.2
1962 92 3 419 840 2 579 37.0 9.1 27.9
1963 93 3 445 827 2 618 36.9 8.9 28.0
1964 94 3 374 804 2 570 35.9 8.5 27.3
1965 95 2 968 822 2 146 31.4 8.7 22.7
1966 95 2 820 852 1 968 29.7 9.0 20.7
1967 95 2 816 786 2 030 29.7 8.3 21.4
1968 95 2 994 822 2 172 31.6 8.7 22.9
1969 95 2 757 768 1 989 29.1 8.1 21.0
1970 94 2 741 743 1 998 29.0 7.9 21.2
1971 94 2 879 739 2 140 30.6 7.8 22.7
1972 94 2 939 660 2 279 31.3 7.0 24.3
1973 94 2 933 726 2 207 31.3 7.8 23.6
1974 93 2 734 734 2 000 29.4 7.9 21.5
1975 92 2 890 619 2 271 31.3 6.7 24.6
1976 91 2 712 678 2 034 29.7 7.4 22.2
1977 90 2 628 806 1 822 29.1 8.9 20.2
1978 89 2 521 765 1 756 28.3 8.6 19.7
1979 89 2 664 739 1 925 30.1 8.3 21.7
1993 97.056 2 220 745 1 475 22.6 7.6 15.0
1994 97.793 2 254 777 1 477 22.7 7.8 14.9
1995 98.540 2 286 807 1 479 22.8 8.0 14.8 12.7
1996 98.921 2 096 782 1 314 20.8 7.8 13.0 14.3
1997 99.516 2 191 707 1 484 21.7 7.0 14.7 14.1
1998 100.100 1 938 819 1 119 19.1 8.1 11.0 19.1
1999 100.703 1 791 794 997 17.7 7.8 9.8 15.2
2000 101.308 1 883 765 1 118 18.5 7.5 11.0 14.3
2001 103.143 1 899 727 1 172 18.6 7.1 11.5 17.4
2002 104.068 1 756 887 869 16.9 8.5 8.4 20.5
2003 104.769 1 851 810 1 041 17.7 7.7 10.0 11.9
2004 104.712 1 868 884 984 17.8 8.4 9.4 9.6
2005 104.441 1 804 834 970 17.3 8.0 9.3 2.2 9.4
2006 104.708 1 663 765 898 15.9 7.3 8.6 1.9 12.6
2007 104.981 1 825 740 1 085 17.4 7.0 10.4 2.2 7.1
2008 105.298 1 809 842 967 17.2 8.0 9.2 2.1 5.0
2009 105.175 1 800 781 1 019 17.1 7.4 9.7 2.0 7.8
2010 105.038 1 709 831 878 16.3 7.9 8.4 1.9 12.3
2011 106.667 1 812 795 1 017 17.0 7.5 9.5 2.18 15.5
2012 107.599 1 661 857 804 15.4 8.0 7.5 1.92 13.8
2013 108.580 1 838 822 1 016 16.9 7.6 9.4 2.13 17.4
2014 109.374 1 750 958 792 16.0 8.8 7.2 2.00 18.9
2015 110.096 1 694 869 825 15.4 7.9 7.5 1.8 16.5
2016 110.910 1 577 898 679 14.2 8.1 6.1 1.5 19.7
2017 111.467 1 398 885 513 12.5 7.9 4.6 1.7 24.3
2018 111.959 1 520 965 555 13.6 8.6 5.0 15.8
2019 112.579 1 575 981 594 14.0 8.7 5.3 11.4
2020 113.135 1 526 1 007 519 13.5 8.9 4.6 17.0

Structure of the population

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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017): [8]
Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 56 222 55 245 111 467 100
0–4 4 282 3 872 8 154 7.32
5–9 3 793 3 634 7 427 6.66
10–14 4 392 4 276 8 668 7.78
15–19 4 869 4 818 9 687 8.69
20–24 5 027 4 797 9 824 8.81
25–29 4 758 4 722 9 480 8.50
30–34 3 596 3 514 7 110 6.38
35–39 3 424 3 130 6 554 5.88
40–44 3 120 2 904 6 024 5.40
45–49 3 416 3 198 6 614 5.93
50–54 3 179 3 195 6 374 5.72
55–59 2 455 2 231 4 686 4.20
60–64 1 806 1 765 3 571 3.20
65–69 1 261 1 497 2 758 2.47
70–74 1 106 1 287 2 393 2.15
75–79 732 999 1 731 1.55
80–84 417 695 1 112 1.00
85–89 168 359 527 0.47
90+ 78 197 275 0.25
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 12 467 11 782 24 249 21.75
15–64 39 993 38 429 78 422 70.35
65+ 3 762 5 034 8 796 7.89

Other demographics statistics

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Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019:[9]

  • One birth every 288 minutes
  • One death every 480 minutes
  • One net migrant every 1440 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 1440 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated:[10]

Nationality
noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian
Population
113,949 (2022 est.)
Ethnic groups
African descent 82.4%, mixed 13.3%, East Indian 2.2%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)
Age structure
Population pyramid of Grenada in 2017
0-14 years: 23.23% (male 13,709 /female 12,564)
15-24 years: 14.14% (male 8,034 /female 7,959)
25-54 years: 40.05% (male 23,104 /female 22,187)
55-64 years: 11.69% (male 6,734 /female 6,490)
65 years and over: 10.89% (male 5,774 /female 6,539) (2020 est.)
Median age
total: 33.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 99th
male: 33.1 years
female: 33.4 years (2020 est.)
Birth rate
13.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 128th
Death rate
8.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 79th
Total fertility rate
1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 117th
Net migration rate
-2.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 173rd
Population growth rate
0.32% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 169st
Languages
English (official), French patois
Religions
Protestant 49.2% (includes Pentecostal 17.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 13.2%, Anglican 8.5%, Baptist 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Evangelical 1.9%, Methodist 1.6%, other 1.2%), Roman Catholic 36%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, Rastafarian 1.2%, other 5.5%, none 5.7%, unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)[11]
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.74 years
male: 73.13 years
female: 78.6 years (2022 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 50.5 (2020 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 35.8 (2020 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 14.7 (2020 est.)
potential support ratio: 6.8 (2020 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 36.9% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 0.86% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.3% (2016). Country comparison to the world: 90th
Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2014 est.)

total population: 98.6%
male: 98.6%
female: 98.6% (2014 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2017)

Ethnic groups

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The vast majority of the population of Grenada are of African descent (89.4% at the 2001 census).[1] There is also a significant mixed population (8.2%), along with a small European origin minority (0.4%), East Indians (1.6%), and there are small numbers of Lebanese/Syrians (0.04%) and Chinese (0.02%).

Amerindians

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Grenada has a small population of pre-Columbian native Caribs. According to the 2001 census there are only 125 Caribs remaining (0.12% of the total population).

Languages

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Apart from a 114-year period of French occupancy (1649–1763) English has been the country's official language. However, over time the minority of the population use a colloquial spoken language considered to be either English-based creole languages or (Grenadian Creole English) and which is said to reflect the African, European and Indian heritage of the nation.[12]

The Grenadian creoles originally influenced by French, now contain elements from a variety of Grenadian Creole and a little of the African languages. Grenadian Creole French is mainly spoken in smaller rural areas, but today it can only be heard in a few small pockets of the society. Grenadian Creole French is mainly known as Patois and may have similarities to the Saint Lucian Creole French.

It is believed that the one-time native or indigenous languages were Iñeri and Karina.

Religion

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Historically the religious makeup of the islands of Grenada covers the period from first European occupation in the 17th century. This has always been predominantly Christian and largely Roman Catholic (due to the first occupants being French) and from the 1891 census we get a snapshot of the population and its religious proclivities - over half were Roman Catholic (55%), a third were Church of England (36%), others listed were Wesleyan (6%) and Presbyterian (0.88%).

More recently, according to the government's 2011 information, 85.2% percent of the population of Grenada is considered Christian, 7.7% is non-Christian and 7% has no religious belief.[11] Roughly one third of Christians are Roman Catholics (36% of the total population), a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one half are Protestant (49.2%).

Anglicanism constitutes the largest Protestant group, with about 11.5% of the population. Pentecostals are the second largest group (about 11.3%), followed by Seventh-day Adventists (approximately 10.5% of the population). Other estimates include Baptists (2.9%), Church of God (2.6%), Methodists (1.8%), Evangelicals (1.6%) Jehovah's Witnesses (1.1%), and Brethren Christian (0.5%).

The number of non-Christians is small. These religious groups include the Rastafarian Movement (1.1% of the population), Hinduism (0.2%) and Muslims (0.3%).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "test". Archived from the original on 2012-09-18.
  6. ^ United nations. Demographic Yearbooks. 2001
  7. ^ a b [1] Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Demographic Profile Grenada
  8. ^ "UNSD - Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  9. ^ "Grenada Population 2019", World Population Review
  10. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "World Factbook CENTRAL AMERICA : GRENADA", The World Factbook, July 12, 2018
  11. ^ a b US State Dept 2022 report
  12. ^ Alleyne, Mervyn C. "A Linguistic Perspective on the Caribbean", Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1985
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