Demographics of Grenada

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Grenada, including 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 —    
Source:[1]

Population

According to the 2001 census Grenada has 103,137 inhabitants.[1] The estimated mid-year population of 2014 is 106,300 (medium fertility scenario of The 2012 Revision of the World Population Prospects).[2]

Vital statistics

Average population (x 1000)[3] Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate[4] Infant mortality rate[4]
1950 77 2 9621 0561 906 38.613.824.9
1951 77 3 0371 2761 761 39.616.723.0
1952 77 3 1191 2551 864 40.416.324.2
1953 78 3 2831 0842 199 42.013.928.2
1954 79 3 507 7932 714 44.210.034.2
1955 81 3 9191 2052 714 48.414.933.5
1956 83 3 6271 1792 448 43.814.229.6
1957 85 4 664 9083 756 55.110.744.4
1958 86 4 253 9733 280 49.211.237.9
1959 88 4 115 9193 196 46.610.436.2
1960 90 4 0161 0322 984 44.711.533.2
1961 91 3 6911 0222 669 40.411.229.2
1962 92 3 419 8402 579 37.09.127.9
1963 93 3 445 8272 618 36.98.928.0
1964 94 3 374 8042 570 35.98.527.3
1965 95 2 968 8222 146 31.48.722.7
1966 95 2 820 8521 968 29.79.020.7
1967 95 2 816 7862 030 29.78.321.4
1968 95 2 994 8222 172 31.68.722.9
1969 95 2 757 7681 989 29.18.121.0
1970 94 2 741 7431 998 29.07.921.2
1971 94 2 879 7392 140 30.67.822.7
1972 94 2 939 6602 279 31.37.024.3
1973 94 2 933 7262 207 31.37.823.6
1974 93 2 734 7342 000 29.47.921.5
1975 92 2 890 6192 271 31.36.724.6
1976 91 2 712 6782 034 29.77.422.2
1977 90 2 628 8061 822 29.18.920.2
1978 89 2 521 7651 756 28.38.619.7
1979 89 2 664 7391 925 30.18.321.7
1993 98 2 220 7451 475 22.67.615.0
1994 99 2 254 7771 477 22.77.814.9
1995 100 2 286 8071 479 22.88.014.8
1996 101 2 096 7821 314 20.87.813.0
1997 101 2 191 7071 484 21.77.014.7
1998 101 1 938 8191 119 19.18.111.0
1999 101 1 791 794 997 17.77.89.8
2000 102 1 883 7161 167 18.57.011.5
2001 102 1 899 7271 172 18.67.111.5
2002 102 1 733 896 837 17.08.88.2
2003 102
2004 103
2005 103 16.8[4]7.8[4]9.0 2.2 9.4
2006 103 15.4[4]7.1[4]8.3 1.9 13.8
2007 104 16.7[4]6.8[4]9.9 2.1 7.9
2008 104 16.5[4] 7.7[4] 8.8 2.0 5.0
2009 104 7.8[4]
2010 105 8.1[4]

Ethnic groups

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

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

Apart from a short 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 reflects the African, European and Indian heritage of the nation.[5]

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 St. Lucian Kwéyòl.

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

Religion

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 2001 census, 89.1% percent of the population of Grenada is considered Christian, 1.5% is non-Christian and 3.6% has no religion or stated "other" (5.7%).[1]

Roughly one half of Christians are Roman Catholics (44.6% of the total population), a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one half are Protestant. Anglicanism constitutes the largest Protestant group, with 11.5% of the population. Pentecostals are the second largest group (11.3%), followed by Seventh-day Adventists (10.5% of the population). Other Christians include Baptists (2.9%), Church of God (2.6%), Methodists (1.8%), Evangelicals (1.6%) Jehovah's Witnesses (1.1%), and Brethren (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

  1. 1 2 3 4
  2. ↑ Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision
  3. ↑ United nations. Demographic Yearbooks
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Demographic Profile Grenada
  5. ↑ Alleyne, Mervyn C. "A Linguistic Perspective on the Caribbean", Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1985
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