| Population :
| 117,193 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 27,60%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 16 463.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 15 872.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 66%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 39 827.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 37 547.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 6,40%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 3 247.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 4 237.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 25.8 years .
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| Median age male :
| 25.7 years .
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| Median age female :
| 26 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.31% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 16.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -7.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.77 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.03 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 16.58 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 13.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 73.35 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 71.54 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 75.21 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.9 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| NA .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Saint Vincentian or Vincentian .
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| Ethnic groups :
| black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 7% .
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| Religions :
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant .
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| Languages :
| English, French patois .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over has ever attended school .
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| Literacy total :
| 96%.
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| Literacy male :
| 96%.
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| Literacy female :
| 96% (1970 est.) .
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| Government type :
| parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth .
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| Independence :
| 27 October 1979 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 27 October (1979) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Economic growth in this lower-middle-income country hinges upon seasonal variations in the agricultural and tourism sectors. Tropical storms wiped out substantial portions of crops in 1994, 1995, and 2002, and tourism in the Eastern Caribbean has suffered low arrivals following 11 September 2001. Saint Vincent is home to a small offshore banking sector and has moved to adopt international regulatory standards. Saint Vincent is also a large producer of marijuana and is being used as a transshipment point for illegal narcotics from South America. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 26%, industry 17%, services 57% (1980 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices, small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, fish .
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| Industries :
| food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch .
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| Exports commodities :
| bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets .
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| Exports partners :
| France 53.8%, UK 7%, Greece 6.5%, Spain 6.5% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 27 October (1979) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 27 October (1979) .
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| Internet users :
| 7,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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