!!!Saint Lucia: People & Society ||Population|164,464 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Saint Lucian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Saint Lucian \\ ||Ethnic groups|black/African descent 85.3%, mixed 10.9%, East Indian 2.2%, other 1.6%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) ||Languages|English (official), French patois ||Religions|Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant 0.9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafarian 1.9%, other 0.4%, none 5.9%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 20.35% (male 17,225/female 16,237) \\ ''15-24 years'': 15.88% (male 13,257/female 12,867) \\ ''25-54 years'': 42.97% (male 33,974/female 36,697) \\ ''55-64 years'': 9.58% (male 7,278/female 8,478) \\ ''65 years and over'': 11.22% (male 8,352/female 10,099) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 47.3% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 34.1% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 13.3% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 7.5% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 34.2 years \\ ''male'': 33 years \\ ''female'': 35.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.33% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|13.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|most of the population is found on the periphery of the island, with a larger concentration in the north around the capital of Castries ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 18.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.89% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|CASTRIES (capital) 22,000 (2014) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.93 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.83 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|48 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 11.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 77.8 years \\ ''male'': 75 years \\ ''female'': 80.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.75 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Health expenditures|6.7% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2009) ||Hospital bed density|1.6 beds/1,000 population (2011) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 99.5% of population \\ rural: 95.6% of population \\ total: 96.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0.5% of population \\ rural: 4.4% of population \\ total: 3.7% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 84.7% of population \\ rural: 91.9% of population \\ total: 90.5% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 15.3% of population \\ rural: 8.1% of population \\ total: 9.5% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Major infectious diseases| \\ ''__note__'': active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|27% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|2.8% (2012) ||Education expenditures|4.8% of GDP (2015) ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 13 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 13 years (2007) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 27.5% \\ ''male'': 21.5% \\ ''female'': 35.2% (2007 est.) \\