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Rural population — Saint Lucia

Rural population in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 127,732 people. Ranked 167 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 73.1%.

2025 127,732 people +0.23% vs 2024
World rank 167of 217
Period maximum 140,557 people2013
Period minimum 73,812 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Saint Lucia, 1960–202560,00080,000100,000120,000140,000160,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 73,812 people1962: 75,054 people1964: 76,343 people1966: 77,559 people1968: 78,908 people1970: 80,373 people1972: 81,862 people1974: 83,270 people1976: 84,734 people1978: 86,212 people1980: 87,833 people1982: 89,699 people1984: 91,593 people1986: 93,642 people1988: 95,553 people1990: 97,135 people1992: 99,782 people1994: 103,098 people1996: 106,872 people1998: 110,664 people2000: 114,436 people2002: 118,098 people2004: 123,432 people2006: 129,642 people2008: 135,351 people2010: 139,267 people2012: 140,452 people2014: 140,370 people2016: 139,083 people2018: 136,434 people2020: 132,346 people2022: 126,760 people2024: 127,443 people2025: 127,732 people
Change over the period: +53,920 (+73.05%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 127,732 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 815M people
Rural population — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 127,732 +289 +0.23%
2024 127,443 +326 +0.26%
2023 127,117 +357 +0.28%
2022 126,760 −2,768 −2.14%
2021 129,528 −2,818 −2.13%
2020 132,346 −2,236 −1.66%
2019 134,582 −1,852 −1.36%
2018 136,434 −1,494 −1.08%
2017 137,928 −1,155 −0.83%
2016 139,083 −805 −0.58%
2015 139,888 −482 −0.34%
2014 140,370 −187 −0.13%
2013 140,557 +105 +0.07%
2012 140,452 +390 +0.28%
2011 140,062 +795 +0.57%
2010 139,267 +1,640 +1.19%
2009 137,627 +2,276 +1.68%
2008 135,351 +2,700 +2.04%
2007 132,651 +3,009 +2.32%
2006 129,642 +3,142 +2.48%
2005 126,500 +3,068 +2.49%
2004 123,432 +2,849 +2.36%
2003 120,583 +2,485 +2.1%
2002 118,098 +1,952 +1.68%
2001 116,146 +1,710 +1.49%
2000 114,436 +1,868 +1.66%
1999 112,568 +1,904 +1.72%
1998 110,664 +1,915 +1.76%
1997 108,749 +1,877 +1.76%
1996 106,872 +1,887 +1.8%
1995 104,985 +1,887 +1.83%
1994 103,098 +1,712 +1.69%
1993 101,386 +1,604 +1.61%
1992 99,782 +1,523 +1.55%
1991 98,259 +1,124 +1.16%
1990 97,135 +781 +0.81%
1989 96,354 +801 +0.84%
1988 95,553 +908 +0.96%
1987 94,645 +1,003 +1.07%
1986 93,642 +1,030 +1.11%
1985 92,612 +1,019 +1.11%
1984 91,593 +965 +1.06%
1983 90,628 +929 +1.04%
1982 89,699 +929 +1.05%
1981 88,770 +937 +1.07%
1980 87,833 +857 +0.99%
1979 86,976 +764 +0.89%
1978 86,212 +740 +0.87%
1977 85,472 +738 +0.87%
1976 84,734 +739 +0.88%
1975 83,995 +725 +0.87%
1974 83,270 +709 +0.86%
1973 82,561 +699 +0.85%
1972 81,862 +719 +0.89%
1971 81,143 +770 +0.96%
1970 80,373 +748 +0.94%
1969 79,625 +717 +0.91%
1968 78,908 +715 +0.91%
1967 78,193 +634 +0.82%
1966 77,559 +594 +0.77%
1965 76,965 +622 +0.81%
1964 76,343 +630 +0.83%
1963 75,713 +659 +0.88%
1962 75,054 +664 +0.89%
1961 74,390 +578 +0.78%
1960 73,812

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.