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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Sir Charles Antrobus (1996)
Prime Minister: Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (1984)
Area: 150 sq. mi. (340 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 120,519 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.31%); birth rate: 18.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 803
Capital and largest city (1992 est.): Kingstown, 15,466
Monetary unit: East Caribbean dollar
Languages: English (official), French patois
Ethnicity/race: African descent, white, East Indian, Carib Indian
Religions: Anglican, 47%; Methodist, 28%; Roman Catholic, 13%
Literacy rate: 96%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $289 million; $2,400 per capita. Real growth rate: 4%. Inflation: 3.6% (1996). Unemployment: 35%–40% (1994 est.). Arable land: 10%; Agriculture: bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish. Labor force: 67,000 (1984 est.); in agriculture 26%, industry 17%, services 57% (1980 est.). Industry: food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch. Exports: $47.3 million (1997): bananas, eddos and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets. Imports: $158.8 million (1997): foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels. Major trading partners: Caricom countries, U.K., U.S.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
