How many people live in Saint Lucia right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
180,577
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 191 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0022%
- Median age
- 35.1 years
- Children per woman
- 1.37
- Life expectancy
- 73.2 years
- People per km²
- 293
According to UN estimates, about 180,577 people live in Saint Lucia right now. It ranks 191st out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Curaçao and Guam, and it is home to one in every 46,100 people on the planet.
Every day, about 5 people are born there and about 4 die. Overall, it gains about 300 people a year.
In 1950, about 92,991 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 94%. The UN expects it to peak around 2032, at about 181,492, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 172,080 people (5% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 108,207.
Half of its people are younger than 35 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.37 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 73 years (worldwide, 74). There are 293 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Saint Lucia in 2026?
- Saint Lucia has about 180,577 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 180,488.
- How many people are born each day in Saint Lucia?
- About 5 a day (2,000 a year). About 4 people die each day (1,600 a year).
- Is the population of Saint Lucia growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.17% a year, or about 300 people.
- What will the population of Saint Lucia be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 172,080, with a peak around 2032 at about 181,492.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- São Tomé and Príncipe 246,502
- Samoa 220,922
- Curaçao 185,416
- Guam 170,550
- Kiribati 139,061
- Seychelles 135,570
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,652
- Brazil 213,783,555
- Mexico 133,319,814
- Colombia 54,089,659
- Argentina 46,051,055
- Canada 40,567,053
- Peru 35,027,420
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,578
- Ecuador 18,493,703
- Bolivia 12,801,716
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.