Language
English is the official and predominant language. French and English patois dialects are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Most of Grenada's inhabitants are descendants of African slaves (85 percent). Most of the others are of mixed descent, though there are small European and Indo-Pakistani minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 53 percent, Protestant 38 percent, others 7 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	30.7 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	30.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	30.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	30.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	30.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	30.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	30.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	31.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1951
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
75 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
34.2 percent (2005)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Time zone
GMT -4

Climate description
A tropical climate aggravated by northeast trade winds. The island is almost entirely volcanic; most of its lakes are extinct volcanic craters.

Currency
East Caribbean dollar

Telephone dialling code
(+) 473

Driving (left/right)
Left

Average life expectancy

2005	68.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	No data available years
2001	65.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	65.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
66.5 years (2005)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Life expectancy - female
69.8 years (2005)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Infant mortality

2007	15 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	16 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	17 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	18 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	18 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	21 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	19 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	20 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	21 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	21 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	82	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	85	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2001	93	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	83	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	22 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	7 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	7 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	No data available percent
2004	95 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	95 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	95 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	97 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	96 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Literacy - average

2004	96.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	No data available percent
2002	94.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	94.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	94.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	276 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	277 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	269 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	268 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	320 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	320 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	330 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	323 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	310 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	580 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	449 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	449 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	457 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	424 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	415 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	74 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	63 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	43 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	218 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	218 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	212 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	204 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	196 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	186 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	147 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	51 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	41 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	79 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	66 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	3920 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	4250 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	4420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	3720 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3810 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3430 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3670 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	12.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	-6.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	8.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	2.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	-4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	7.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	16.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	4.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	50 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	81 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	50 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	4 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Number of refugees originating here

2008	312	UNHCR
2007	297	UNHCR
2006	202	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	152	UNHCR
2004	99	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	5.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	5.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	4.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	4.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003