Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in St. Lucia
One in every 66,433 babies in the world is born here: about 2,019 a year, 0.0038 a minute.
- Population
- 180,149
- Births a year
- 2,019
- Life expectancy
- 73
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 17.2
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
76.5
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.5
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
15.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.2
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
44
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.4
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
14
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
9.3
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
29.8
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
39
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.39
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
24
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
95
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
88
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
15
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 6.2
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$24,503
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
44
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0.1
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
9.5
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
7
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
62
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
37
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
29
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
98
World: 91
Internet users (%)
68
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 6.27
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.11
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 57.7 → 2026: 73.3 → 2050: 76.8
World
1960: 134 → 2026: 17 → 2050: 16
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 1.4 → 2050: 1.4
World
1960: 20 → 2026: 28 → 2050: 28
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: St. Lucia comes up about once in every 66,433 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.