POPULATION 116,394
ANGLICAN 17.75 percent
PENTECOSTAL 17.6 percent
METHODIST 10.9 percent
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 10.2 percent
SPIRITUAL BAPTIST 9.95 percent
ROMAN CATHOLIC 7.45 percent
OTHER (CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, HINDU, JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, BAHAI, AND THOSE WITH NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION) 26.15 percent

Country Overview

Introduction

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, an island group in the eastern Caribbean, lies between Saint Lucia to the north and Grenada to the south. The total land area is just 150 square miles (388 square kilometers), 90 percent of which is on the island of Saint Vincent. The other islands, known as the Grenadines, include Mustique, Baliceaux, Canouan, Petit Mustique, Bequia, Union Island, and Mayreau. The islands are mountainous, rising in Saint Vincent to over 4,000 feet. Approximately 66 percent of Vincentians are blacks, 19 percent are of mixed race, 6 percent are East Indian, 2 percent are Amerindian Caribs, and 7 percent are of other ethnicities.

The original inhabitants of...