Brazil vs Saint Lucia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Brazil vs Saint Lucia

Table

Year	Median age
	Brazil	Saint Lucia
1960	18	16.5
1961	17.9	16
1962	17.9	15.5
1963	17.8	15.2
1964	17.8	15
1965	17.9	14.8
1966	17.9	14.9
1967	18	15
1968	18.1	15.1
1969	18.2	15
1970	18.4	14.9
1971	18.5	14.9
1972	18.7	14.9
1973	18.9	14.9
1974	19.1	15
1975	19.2	15.2
1976	19.4	15.4
1977	19.6	15.8
1978	19.8	16.3
1979	20	16.8
1980	20.2	17.1
1981	20.4	17.2
1982	20.6	17.3
1983	20.8	17.5
1984	21	17.6
1985	21.2	17.7
1986	21.5	17.8
1987	21.7	18
1988	21.9	18.4
1989	22.1	19.2
1990	22.4	19.9
1991	22.7	20.3
1992	22.9	20.5
1993	23.2	20.7
1994	23.5	20.9
1995	23.7	21.2
1996	24	21.4
1997	24.3	21.7
1998	24.6	22.2
1999	24.9	23
2000	25.2	23.8
2001	25.5	24.3
2002	25.9	24.7
2003	26.3	25
2004	26.7	25.4
2005	27.1	25.8
2006	27.5	26.2
2007	27.9	26.9
2008	28.3	27.9
2009	28.8	28.7
2010	29.2	29.3
2011	29.7	29.7
2012	30.1	30.2
2013	30.6	30.6
2014	31	31.1
2015	31.5	31.5
2016	31.9	31.9
2017	32.4	32.3
2018	32.8	32.8
2019	33.2	33.2
2020	33.7	33.6
2021	34.1	34
2022	34.5	34.3
2023	34.9	34.8
2024	35.4	35.2
2025	35.8	35.6
2026	36.2	36.1
2027	36.7	36.5
2028	37.1	37
2029	37.5	37.5
2030	37.9	38
2031	38.3	38.4
2032	38.7	38.9
2033	39.1	39.4
2034	39.5	39.9
2035	39.9	40.4
2036	40.3	40.9
2037	40.6	41.4
2038	41	41.9
2039	41.4	42.3
2040	41.8	42.8
2041	42.1	43.2
2042	42.5	43.7
2043	42.8	44.1
2044	43.1	44.5
2045	43.5	44.9
2046	43.8	45.3
2047	44.1	45.7
2048	44.3	46
2049	44.6	46.4
2050	44.9	46.7

In 1960, the median age in Brazil was 18 years compared to 16.5 years in Saint Lucia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 35.4 years in Brazil and to 35.2 years in Saint Lucia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Brazil is expected to increased to around 44.9 years by 2050 compared to 46.7 years in Saint Lucia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Brazil		Saint Lucia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.15%	3.03%	2.85%	2.78%
5-9	3.42%	3.28%	2.95%	2.88%
10-14	3.46%	3.33%	3.08%	2.99%
15-19	3.57%	3.44%	3.54%	3.36%
20-24	3.76%	3.66%	3.91%	3.79%
25-29	3.89%	3.84%	4.42%	4.31%
30-34	3.8%	3.79%	4.51%	4.33%
35-39	3.91%	3.95%	3.99%	4.05%
40-44	3.85%	3.95%	3.72%	3.76%
45-49	3.43%	3.58%	3.44%	3.46%
50-54	3%	3.18%	3.23%	3.43%
55-59	2.7%	2.92%	3.08%	3.26%
60-64	2.4%	2.67%	2.51%	2.76%
65-69	1.88%	2.19%	1.76%	2.04%
70-74	1.36%	1.68%	1.11%	1.42%
75-79	0.85%	1.13%	0.71%	1.02%
80+	0.77%	1.19%	0.55%	1%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Brazil has low demographic potential with 49.4% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 49.7% and similar potential in Saint Lucia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Brazil			Saint Lucia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	87.7%	82.9%	4.74%	103.7%	95.9%	7.82%
1961	88.3%	83.5%	4.82%	108.3%	100.2%	8.08%
1962	88.8%	83.9%	4.9%	112.1%	103.7%	8.32%
1963	89%	84%	4.98%	115.2%	106.7%	8.54%
1964	88.9%	83.9%	5.05%	117.8%	109.1%	8.73%
1965	88.5%	83.4%	5.12%	120%	111%	8.91%
1966	87.9%	82.7%	5.19%	119.7%	110.6%	9.02%
1967	87.1%	81.9%	5.25%	118%	108.9%	9.1%
1968	86.1%	80.8%	5.31%	117.8%	108.5%	9.23%
1969	85%	79.7%	5.38%	118.7%	109.2%	9.41%
1970	83.9%	78.4%	5.44%	120.1%	110.5%	9.59%
1971	82.6%	77.1%	5.5%	121.2%	111.5%	9.74%
1972	81.4%	75.8%	5.56%	121.4%	111.6%	9.85%
1973	80.1%	74.5%	5.63%	120.8%	110.9%	9.91%
1974	78.9%	73.2%	5.69%	119.5%	109.6%	9.92%
1975	77.6%	71.8%	5.76%	117.6%	107.7%	9.88%
1976	76.4%	70.6%	5.83%	115.1%	105.3%	9.8%
1977	75.2%	69.3%	5.89%	110.5%	100.9%	9.67%
1978	74.1%	68.2%	5.95%	105%	95.4%	9.54%
1979	73.1%	67.1%	6.01%	100.8%	91.3%	9.51%
1980	72.2%	66.2%	6.06%	98.3%	88.7%	9.52%
1981	71.5%	65.4%	6.11%	96.7%	87.1%	9.52%
1982	70.9%	64.7%	6.16%	95.1%	85.6%	9.53%
1983	70.4%	64.2%	6.22%	93.9%	84.4%	9.54%
1984	69.9%	63.6%	6.28%	93.1%	83.5%	9.56%
1985	69.3%	63%	6.34%	92.4%	82.9%	9.56%
1986	68.8%	62.3%	6.42%	91.6%	82.1%	9.54%
1987	68.1%	61.6%	6.5%	90.6%	81.1%	9.5%
1988	67.3%	60.7%	6.6%	87.6%	78.2%	9.47%
1989	66.5%	59.8%	6.71%	83.3%	73.7%	9.53%
1990	65.6%	58.8%	6.82%	79.5%	69.8%	9.66%
1991	64.6%	57.6%	6.94%	77.2%	67.5%	9.73%
1992	63.5%	56.4%	7.05%	76.1%	66.4%	9.69%
1993	62.3%	55.1%	7.17%	75%	65.3%	9.63%
1994	61.1%	53.8%	7.28%	73.9%	64.4%	9.54%
1995	59.9%	52.5%	7.4%	72.9%	63.4%	9.42%
1996	58.6%	51.1%	7.52%	71.4%	62.1%	9.27%
1997	57.4%	49.8%	7.63%	69.6%	60.5%	9.1%
1998	56.2%	48.5%	7.74%	67.4%	58.2%	9.25%
1999	55.1%	47.2%	7.84%	65.1%	55.3%	9.75%
2000	53.9%	46%	7.93%	63.1%	52.8%	10.3%
2001	52.8%	44.8%	8.04%	61.3%	50.7%	10.6%
2002	51.8%	43.6%	8.15%	59.5%	49%	10.5%
2003	50.8%	42.5%	8.28%	57.7%	47.3%	10.4%
2004	49.8%	41.4%	8.44%	55.8%	45.6%	10.3%
2005	49%	40.4%	8.61%	53.9%	43.8%	10.1%
2006	48.3%	39.5%	8.79%	52.1%	42.1%	10.1%
2007	47.6%	38.6%	9%	50.4%	40.3%	10.1%
2008	46.9%	37.7%	9.22%	48.8%	38.5%	10.3%
2009	46.3%	36.8%	9.46%	47.6%	37%	10.6%
2010	45.7%	36%	9.71%	46.3%	35.5%	10.8%
2011	45.2%	35.2%	9.99%	44.9%	34.1%	10.9%
2012	44.6%	34.4%	10.3%	43.6%	32.7%	11%
2013	44.2%	33.5%	10.6%	42.5%	31.5%	11.1%
2014	43.8%	32.8%	11%	41.5%	30.4%	11.1%
2015	43.6%	32.2%	11.4%	40.6%	29.4%	11.2%
2016	43.4%	31.6%	11.9%	39.7%	28.4%	11.3%
2017	43.4%	31.1%	12.3%	39.1%	27.6%	11.4%
2018	43.4%	30.6%	12.8%	38.5%	27%	11.6%
2019	43.5%	30.2%	13.3%	38.1%	26.4%	11.8%
2020	43.6%	29.8%	13.8%	37.8%	25.8%	12%
2021	43.6%	29.4%	14.2%	37.5%	25.4%	12.1%
2022	43.8%	29%	14.7%	37.3%	25%	12.4%
2023	44%	28.7%	15.3%	37.3%	24.5%	12.8%
2024	44.3%	28.4%	15.9%	37.3%	24.1%	13.2%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Brazil decreased from 49.8% to 44.3% between 2004 and 2024.

In Saint Lucia, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 55.8% to 37.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Brazil	Saint Lucia
1960	53.3%	49.1%
1961	53.1%	48%
1962	53%	47.2%
1963	52.9%	46.5%
1964	52.9%	45.9%
1965	53%	45.5%
1966	53.2%	45.5%
1967	53.4%	45.9%
1968	53.7%	45.9%
1969	54%	45.7%
1970	54.4%	45.4%
1971	54.8%	45.2%
1972	55.1%	45.2%
1973	55.5%	45.3%
1974	55.9%	45.6%
1975	56.3%	46%
1976	56.7%	46.5%
1977	57.1%	47.5%
1978	57.4%	48.8%
1979	57.8%	49.8%
1980	58.1%	50.4%
1981	58.3%	50.8%
1982	58.5%	51.3%
1983	58.7%	51.6%
1984	58.9%	51.8%
1985	59.1%	52%
1986	59.3%	52.2%
1987	59.5%	52.5%
1988	59.8%	53.3%
1989	60.1%	54.6%
1990	60.4%	55.7%
1991	60.8%	56.4%
1992	61.2%	56.8%
1993	61.6%	57.2%
1994	62.1%	57.5%
1995	62.6%	57.9%
1996	63%	58.3%
1997	63.5%	59%
1998	64%	59.7%
1999	64.5%	60.6%
2000	65%	61.3%
2001	65.4%	62%
2002	65.9%	62.7%
2003	66.3%	63.4%
2004	66.7%	64.2%
2005	67.1%	65%
2006	67.4%	65.7%
2007	67.8%	66.5%
2008	68.1%	67.2%
2009	68.3%	67.8%
2010	68.6%	68.3%
2011	68.9%	69%
2012	69.1%	69.6%
2013	69.4%	70.2%
2014	69.5%	70.6%
2015	69.6%	71.1%
2016	69.7%	71.6%
2017	69.7%	71.9%
2018	69.7%	72.2%
2019	69.7%	72.4%
2020	69.6%	72.6%
2021	69.6%	72.7%
2022	69.5%	72.8%
2023	69.4%	72.8%
2024	69.3%	72.8%
2025	69.1%	72.8%
2026	69%	72.6%
2027	68.8%	72.3%
2028	68.6%	72%
2029	68.5%	71.7%
2030	68.4%	71.4%
2031	68.2%	71.1%
2032	68.1%	70.8%
2033	68%	70.6%
2034	67.8%	70.3%
2035	67.7%	70%
2036	67.5%	69.8%
2037	67.3%	69.6%
2038	67%	69.4%
2039	66.8%	69.2%
2040	66.5%	69%
2041	66.2%	68.8%
2042	65.9%	68.6%
2043	65.6%	68.4%
2044	65.2%	68.2%
2045	64.8%	68%
2046	64.4%	67.8%
2047	64%	67.5%
2048	63.6%	67.2%
2049	63.2%	66.9%
2050	62.8%	66.6%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 66.7% to 69.3% in Brazil and from 64.2% to 72.8% in Saint Lucia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	Saint Lucia
1960	44.2%	47.1%
1961	44.3%	48.1%
1962	44.4%	48.9%
1963	44.5%	49.6%
1964	44.4%	50.1%
1965	44.2%	50.5%
1966	44%	50.4%
1967	43.8%	50%
1968	43.4%	49.8%
1969	43%	50%
1970	42.7%	50.2%
1971	42.2%	50.4%
1972	41.8%	50.4%
1973	41.4%	50.2%
1974	40.9%	49.9%
1975	40.5%	49.5%
1976	40%	48.9%
1977	39.6%	47.9%
1978	39.1%	46.6%
1979	38.8%	45.5%
1980	38.4%	44.8%
1981	38.1%	44.3%
1982	37.9%	43.9%
1983	37.7%	43.5%
1984	37.4%	43.3%
1985	37.2%	43.1%
1986	36.9%	42.8%
1987	36.6%	42.6%
1988	36.3%	41.7%
1989	35.9%	40.2%
1990	35.5%	38.9%
1991	35%	38.1%
1992	34.5%	37.7%
1993	34%	37.3%
1994	33.4%	37%
1995	32.8%	36.7%
1996	32.2%	36.2%
1997	31.6%	35.7%
1998	31%	34.7%
1999	30.5%	33.5%
2000	29.9%	32.4%
2001	29.3%	31.4%
2002	28.7%	30.7%
2003	28.2%	30%
2004	27.6%	29.2%
2005	27.1%	28.4%
2006	26.6%	27.6%
2007	26.1%	26.8%
2008	25.7%	25.9%
2009	25.2%	25.1%
2010	24.7%	24.3%
2011	24.2%	23.5%
2012	23.7%	22.7%
2013	23.3%	22.1%
2014	22.8%	21.5%
2015	22.4%	20.9%
2016	22%	20.3%
2017	21.7%	19.9%
2018	21.4%	19.5%
2019	21.1%	19.1%
2020	20.8%	18.7%
2021	20.5%	18.5%
2022	20.2%	18.2%
2023	19.9%	17.9%
2024	19.7%	17.5%
2025	19.4%	17.2%
2026	19.1%	17.1%
2027	18.8%	16.9%
2028	18.5%	16.8%
2029	18.2%	16.6%
2030	17.9%	16.5%
2031	17.7%	16.3%
2032	17.4%	16.1%
2033	17.1%	15.9%
2034	16.9%	15.7%
2035	16.6%	15.6%
2036	16.4%	15.4%
2037	16.2%	15.2%
2038	16.1%	15%
2039	15.9%	14.8%
2040	15.8%	14.6%
2041	15.6%	14.4%
2042	15.5%	14.2%
2043	15.4%	14.1%
2044	15.3%	13.9%
2045	15.2%	13.7%
2046	15.1%	13.6%
2047	15%	13.4%
2048	14.9%	13.3%
2049	14.8%	13.1%
2050	14.6%	13%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 19.7% in Brazil and 17.5% in Saint Lucia. Birth rates in Brazil compared to Saint Lucia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Brazil	Saint Lucia
1960	2.53%	3.84%
1961	2.56%	3.88%
1962	2.59%	3.93%
1963	2.63%	3.97%
1964	2.67%	4.01%
1965	2.71%	4.05%
1966	2.76%	4.11%
1967	2.81%	4.17%
1968	2.85%	4.24%
1969	2.91%	4.3%
1970	2.96%	4.36%
1971	3.01%	4.4%
1972	3.07%	4.45%
1973	3.12%	4.49%
1974	3.18%	4.52%
1975	3.24%	4.54%
1976	3.3%	4.56%
1977	3.36%	4.59%
1978	3.42%	4.65%
1979	3.47%	4.74%
1980	3.52%	4.8%
1981	3.56%	4.84%
1982	3.61%	4.88%
1983	3.65%	4.92%
1984	3.69%	4.95%
1985	3.74%	4.97%
1986	3.8%	4.98%
1987	3.87%	4.98%
1988	3.95%	5.05%
1989	4.03%	5.2%
1990	4.12%	5.38%
1991	4.21%	5.49%
1992	4.31%	5.5%
1993	4.42%	5.5%
1994	4.52%	5.48%
1995	4.63%	5.45%
1996	4.74%	5.41%
1997	4.85%	5.36%
1998	4.95%	5.52%
1999	5.05%	5.91%
2000	5.15%	6.33%
2001	5.26%	6.56%
2002	5.37%	6.58%
2003	5.49%	6.59%
2004	5.63%	6.59%
2005	5.78%	6.59%
2006	5.93%	6.61%
2007	6.1%	6.72%
2008	6.27%	6.91%
2009	6.46%	7.17%
2010	6.67%	7.37%
2011	6.88%	7.5%
2012	7.11%	7.63%
2013	7.37%	7.76%
2014	7.65%	7.88%
2015	7.96%	7.99%
2016	8.27%	8.1%
2017	8.59%	8.22%
2018	8.93%	8.37%
2019	9.27%	8.53%
2020	9.6%	8.71%
2021	9.91%	8.83%
2022	10.3%	9%
2023	10.6%	9.3%
2024	11%	9.62%
2025	11.5%	9.97%
2026	11.9%	10.3%
2027	12.4%	10.8%
2028	12.8%	11.2%
2029	13.3%	11.6%
2030	13.7%	12.1%
2031	14.1%	12.6%
2032	14.5%	13%
2033	14.9%	13.5%
2034	15.3%	14%
2035	15.7%	14.4%
2036	16.1%	14.8%
2037	16.5%	15.2%
2038	16.9%	15.6%
2039	17.3%	16%
2040	17.7%	16.4%
2041	18.1%	16.8%
2042	18.6%	17.2%
2043	19%	17.5%
2044	19.5%	17.9%
2045	20%	18.3%
2046	20.5%	18.6%
2047	21%	19.1%
2048	21.5%	19.5%
2049	22%	19.9%
2050	22.5%	20.4%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 11% in Brazil and 9.62% in Saint Lucia. Life expectancy in Brazil compared to Saint Lucia .