CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinesand again in the 1970s. The 1990s was the period of lowest population growth in thehistory of census taking in this country (Table 1.2).Table 1.2: Total Population 1946 to 2001CensusyearTotalPopulationAvg. AnnualIncrease1946 61 647 -1960 79 948 13071970 86 944 7001980 97 845 10901991 106 499 7872001 106 253 -25Note: Technically the population did not decrease in 2001,because the enumerated population in 2001 was 109,022.1.3 Population by Administrative DivisionSt. Vincent and the Grenadines is divided into 13 administrative divisions, which arespecial geographical areas used for the administration of the census. Eleven of theadministrative divisions representing 91.89 per cent of the population in 2001 are in St.Vincent, while the remaining two, which accounted for 8.11 per cent of the population,are in the Grenadines.Further analysis of the distribution of the population by administrative divisions for 2001indicates that more than one half (52.66 per cent) of the population lived in four of thesedivisions, Calliaqua (20.79 per cent), Kingstown (12.43 per cent), Kingstown Suburbs(11.77 per cent), and Marriaqua (7.67 per cent). The least populated areas were SandyBay and, the Southern Grenadines accounting for 2.56 per cent and 3.04 per cent,respectively, (Table 1.3).Although Calliaqua has maintained its position of having the largest share of thepopulation and has increased its share from 19.05 per cent in 1991 to 20.79 per cent in2001, Kingstown Suburbs, which increased its share from 10.1 per cent to 11.77 per centover the same period, experienced the highest population increase with a percentage5