fruit, deepwater harbors
Land use:
arable land: 15%
permanent crops: 18%
permanent pastures: 3%
forests and woodland: 9%
other: 55% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season
lasts from June to November
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines
group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
@Grenada:People
Population: 89,018 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 38% (male 17,106; female 16,634)
15-64 years: 58% (male 27,267; female 24,356)
65 years and over: 4% (male 1,653; female 2,002) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.36% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 20.96 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 8.02 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -16.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.42 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Grenadian(s)
adjective: Grenadian
Ethnic groups: black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and
Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Languages: English (official), French patois
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.)
@Grenada:Government
Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Grenada
Data code: GJ
Government type: constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style
parliament
Capital: Saint George's
Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and
Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint
John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick
Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 February (19
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