Saint Lucia
Population 2026
180,496
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.19%
- Density
- 296 per km²
- Land area
- 610 km²
- Capital
- Castries
- Currency
- Dollar (XCD)
- Official languages
- EN-LC
- Urban population
- 29.1%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 1,9592026
- Deaths
- 1,6172026
- Birth rate
- 11.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.39
- Life expectancy
- 72.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 35.1
- Net migration
- -23
Age distribution
- 0–1417.2%
- 15–6472.8%
- 65+10.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $2.7B
- GDP per capita
- $14.7K
- GDP growth
- -0.6%
- Inflation
- 2.0%
- Unemployment
- 9.5%
- Exports
- —
- Imports
- —
- Tourism receipts
- 88.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.7%
- Industry10.7%
- Manufacturing3.6%
- Services73.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture7.5%
- Industry16.2%
- Services76.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gros IsletGros-Islet | 25,2102026 |
| 2 | CastriesCastries | 20,0002019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 180,496 | 2.0K | 1.6K |
| 2020 | 178,261 | 2.1K | 1.5K |
| 2010 | 170,921 | 2.4K | 1.2K |
| 2000 | 158,624 | 3.0K | 1.0K |
| 1990 | 137,874 | 3.9K | 839 |
| 1980 | 119,302 | 4.1K | 802 |
| 1970 | 103,184 | 4.0K | 875 |
| 1960 | 92,605 | 4.4K | 1.2K |
| 1950 | 93,009 | 4.3K | 1.7K |