Saint Lucia vs South Africa Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Saint Lucia vs South Africa

Table

Year	Median age
	Saint Lucia	South Africa
1960	16.5	19
1961	16	19
1962	15.5	18.9
1963	15.2	18.9
1964	15	18.9
1965	14.8	18.8
1966	14.9	18.8
1967	15	18.8
1968	15.1	18.8
1969	15	18.8
1970	14.9	18.8
1971	14.9	18.8
1972	14.9	18.8
1973	14.9	18.8
1974	15	18.9
1975	15.2	18.9
1976	15.4	19
1977	15.8	19.1
1978	16.3	19.2
1979	16.8	19.3
1980	17.1	19.4
1981	17.2	19.6
1982	17.3	19.8
1983	17.5	20
1984	17.6	20.2
1985	17.7	20.4
1986	17.8	20.5
1987	18	20.7
1988	18.4	20.9
1989	19.2	21.1
1990	19.9	21.3
1991	20.3	21.5
1992	20.5	21.5
1993	20.7	21.9
1994	20.9	22
1995	21.2	21.5
1996	21.4	21.2
1997	21.7	21.2
1998	22.2	21.4
1999	23	21.6
2000	23.8	21.9
2001	24.3	22.2
2002	24.7	22.4
2003	25	22.8
2004	25.4	23.1
2005	25.8	23.3
2006	26.2	23.5
2007	26.9	23.8
2008	27.9	24
2009	28.7	24.3
2010	29.3	24.6
2011	29.7	25
2012	30.2	25.3
2013	30.6	25.7
2014	31.1	26
2015	31.5	26.4
2016	31.9	26.7
2017	32.3	27
2018	32.8	27.5
2019	33.2	27.9
2020	33.6	28.3
2021	34	28.6
2022	34.3	28.9
2023	34.8	29.2
2024	35.2	29.5
2025	35.6	29.7
2026	36.1	29.9
2027	36.5	30.1
2028	37	30.3
2029	37.5	30.4
2030	38	30.6
2031	38.4	30.7
2032	38.9	30.9
2033	39.4	31
2034	39.9	31
2035	40.4	31.2
2036	40.9	31.3
2037	41.4	31.5
2038	41.9	31.6
2039	42.3	31.8
2040	42.8	32
2041	43.2	32.2
2042	43.7	32.3
2043	44.1	32.5
2044	44.5	32.6
2045	44.9	32.8
2046	45.3	32.9
2047	45.7	33
2048	46	33.1
2049	46.4	33.2
2050	46.7	33.3

In 1960, the median age in Saint Lucia was 16.5 years compared to 19 years in South Africa. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 35.2 years in Saint Lucia and to 29.5 years in South Africa.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Saint Lucia is expected to increased to around 46.7 years by 2050 compared to 33.3 years in South Africa. 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
	Saint Lucia		South Africa
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.85%	2.78%	4.65%	4.58%
5-9	2.95%	2.88%	4.19%	4.17%
10-14	3.08%	2.99%	4.16%	4.14%
15-19	3.54%	3.36%	4.21%	4.16%
20-24	3.91%	3.79%	4.04%	3.93%
25-29	4.42%	4.31%	4.34%	4.37%
30-34	4.51%	4.33%	4.42%	4.52%
35-39	3.99%	4.05%	4.2%	4.25%
40-44	3.72%	3.76%	3.64%	3.66%
45-49	3.44%	3.46%	2.77%	2.86%
50-54	3.23%	3.43%	2.18%	2.44%
55-59	3.08%	3.26%	1.76%	2.17%
60-64	2.51%	2.76%	1.51%	1.96%
65-69	1.76%	2.04%	1.14%	1.55%
70-74	1.11%	1.42%	0.74%	1.11%
75-79	0.71%	1.02%	0.36%	0.63%
80+	0.55%	1%	0.34%	0.81%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Saint Lucia has low demographic potential with 49.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 59.9% and average potential in South Africa.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Saint Lucia			South Africa
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	103.7%	95.9%	7.82%	83.4%	77.2%	6.22%
1961	108.3%	100.2%	8.08%	83.4%	77.2%	6.2%
1962	112.1%	103.7%	8.32%	83.4%	77.2%	6.18%
1963	115.2%	106.7%	8.54%	83.3%	77.1%	6.19%
1964	117.8%	109.1%	8.73%	83.3%	77.1%	6.22%
1965	120%	111%	8.91%	83.5%	77.2%	6.26%
1966	119.7%	110.6%	9.02%	83.8%	77.5%	6.32%
1967	118%	108.9%	9.1%	84%	77.7%	6.39%
1968	117.8%	108.5%	9.23%	84.3%	77.8%	6.46%
1969	118.7%	109.2%	9.41%	84.5%	77.9%	6.54%
1970	120.1%	110.5%	9.59%	84.6%	78%	6.61%
1971	121.2%	111.5%	9.74%	84.7%	78%	6.67%
1972	121.4%	111.6%	9.85%	84.6%	77.9%	6.72%
1973	120.8%	110.9%	9.91%	84.5%	77.7%	6.76%
1974	119.5%	109.6%	9.92%	84.3%	77.5%	6.79%
1975	117.6%	107.7%	9.88%	84%	77.2%	6.83%
1976	115.1%	105.3%	9.8%	83.7%	76.9%	6.85%
1977	110.5%	100.9%	9.67%	83.3%	76.4%	6.87%
1978	105%	95.4%	9.54%	82.6%	75.7%	6.88%
1979	100.8%	91.3%	9.51%	82%	75.1%	6.89%
1980	98.3%	88.7%	9.52%	80.9%	74%	6.88%
1981	96.7%	87.1%	9.52%	79.6%	72.7%	6.87%
1982	95.1%	85.6%	9.53%	78.4%	71.5%	6.88%
1983	93.9%	84.4%	9.54%	77.5%	70.6%	6.91%
1984	93.1%	83.5%	9.56%	76.7%	69.8%	6.95%
1985	92.4%	82.9%	9.56%	76%	69%	6.98%
1986	91.6%	82.1%	9.54%	75.2%	68.2%	6.98%
1987	90.6%	81.1%	9.5%	74.4%	67.4%	6.96%
1988	87.6%	78.2%	9.47%	73.5%	66.6%	6.93%
1989	83.3%	73.7%	9.53%	72.6%	65.7%	6.86%
1990	79.5%	69.8%	9.66%	71.5%	64.7%	6.78%
1991	77.2%	67.5%	9.73%	70.9%	64.1%	6.74%
1992	76.1%	66.4%	9.69%	71.1%	64.3%	6.82%
1993	75%	65.3%	9.63%	70.2%	63.4%	6.79%
1994	73.9%	64.4%	9.54%	70.2%	63.3%	6.89%
1995	72.9%	63.4%	9.42%	71.5%	64.3%	7.18%
1996	71.4%	62.1%	9.27%	72%	64.6%	7.46%
1997	69.6%	60.5%	9.1%	71.6%	63.9%	7.69%
1998	67.4%	58.2%	9.25%	69.8%	62%	7.79%
1999	65.1%	55.3%	9.75%	67.8%	60%	7.84%
2000	63.1%	52.8%	10.3%	65.7%	57.8%	7.87%
2001	61.3%	50.7%	10.6%	63.5%	55.7%	7.88%
2002	59.5%	49%	10.5%	61.4%	53.5%	7.88%
2003	57.7%	47.3%	10.4%	59.5%	51.6%	7.9%
2004	55.8%	45.6%	10.3%	57.9%	49.9%	7.93%
2005	53.9%	43.8%	10.1%	56.7%	48.7%	7.98%
2006	52.1%	42.1%	10.1%	55.7%	47.7%	8.03%
2007	50.4%	40.3%	10.1%	54.8%	46.8%	8.05%
2008	48.8%	38.5%	10.3%	54.2%	46.1%	8.07%
2009	47.6%	37%	10.6%	53.7%	45.6%	8.07%
2010	46.3%	35.5%	10.8%	53%	45%	8.03%
2011	44.9%	34.1%	10.9%	52.4%	44.4%	7.99%
2012	43.6%	32.7%	11%	51.9%	43.9%	7.97%
2013	42.5%	31.5%	11.1%	51.5%	43.5%	8.01%
2014	41.5%	30.4%	11.1%	51.1%	43.1%	8.06%
2015	40.6%	29.4%	11.2%	50.8%	42.7%	8.1%
2016	39.7%	28.4%	11.3%	51.1%	42.8%	8.27%
2017	39.1%	27.6%	11.4%	51.3%	42.8%	8.51%
2018	38.5%	27%	11.6%	50.7%	42%	8.7%
2019	38.1%	26.4%	11.8%	50.1%	41.2%	8.92%
2020	37.8%	25.8%	12%	49.5%	40.4%	9.13%
2021	37.5%	25.4%	12.1%	48.9%	39.6%	9.28%
2022	37.3%	25%	12.4%	48.6%	39.1%	9.45%
2023	37.3%	24.5%	12.8%	48.4%	38.7%	9.67%
2024	37.3%	24.1%	13.2%	48.3%	38.4%	9.92%

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 Saint Lucia decreased from 55.8% to 37.3% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Africa, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 57.9% to 48.3% 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
	Saint Lucia	South Africa
1960	49.1%	54.5%
1961	48%	54.5%
1962	47.2%	54.5%
1963	46.5%	54.6%
1964	45.9%	54.6%
1965	45.5%	54.5%
1966	45.5%	54.4%
1967	45.9%	54.3%
1968	45.9%	54.3%
1969	45.7%	54.2%
1970	45.4%	54.2%
1971	45.2%	54.2%
1972	45.2%	54.2%
1973	45.3%	54.2%
1974	45.6%	54.3%
1975	46%	54.3%
1976	46.5%	54.4%
1977	47.5%	54.6%
1978	48.8%	54.8%
1979	49.8%	55%
1980	50.4%	55.3%
1981	50.8%	55.7%
1982	51.3%	56.1%
1983	51.6%	56.3%
1984	51.8%	56.6%
1985	52%	56.8%
1986	52.2%	57.1%
1987	52.5%	57.3%
1988	53.3%	57.6%
1989	54.6%	57.9%
1990	55.7%	58.3%
1991	56.4%	58.5%
1992	56.8%	58.4%
1993	57.2%	58.8%
1994	57.5%	58.8%
1995	57.9%	58.3%
1996	58.3%	58.1%
1997	59%	58.3%
1998	59.7%	58.9%
1999	60.6%	59.6%
2000	61.3%	60.3%
2001	62%	61.1%
2002	62.7%	62%
2003	63.4%	62.7%
2004	64.2%	63.3%
2005	65%	63.8%
2006	65.7%	64.2%
2007	66.5%	64.6%
2008	67.2%	64.9%
2009	67.8%	65.1%
2010	68.3%	65.3%
2011	69%	65.6%
2012	69.6%	65.8%
2013	70.2%	66%
2014	70.6%	66.2%
2015	71.1%	66.3%
2016	71.6%	66.2%
2017	71.9%	66.1%
2018	72.2%	66.4%
2019	72.4%	66.6%
2020	72.6%	66.9%
2021	72.7%	67.2%
2022	72.8%	67.3%
2023	72.8%	67.4%
2024	72.8%	67.4%
2025	72.8%	67.4%
2026	72.6%	67.3%
2027	72.3%	67.3%
2028	72%	67.2%
2029	71.7%	67.2%
2030	71.4%	67.1%
2031	71.1%	67%
2032	70.8%	67%
2033	70.6%	67.1%
2034	70.3%	67.2%
2035	70%	67.4%
2036	69.8%	67.6%
2037	69.6%	67.7%
2038	69.4%	67.9%
2039	69.2%	68%
2040	69%	68.1%
2041	68.8%	68.1%
2042	68.6%	68.2%
2043	68.4%	68.2%
2044	68.2%	68.1%
2045	68%	68%
2046	67.8%	67.9%
2047	67.5%	67.8%
2048	67.2%	67.6%
2049	66.9%	67.4%
2050	66.6%	67.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 64.2% to 72.8% in Saint Lucia and from 63.3% to 67.4% in South Africa.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Lucia	South Africa
1960	47.1%	42.1%
1961	48.1%	42.1%
1962	48.9%	42.1%
1963	49.6%	42.1%
1964	50.1%	42.1%
1965	50.5%	42.1%
1966	50.4%	42.1%
1967	50%	42.2%
1968	49.8%	42.2%
1969	50%	42.2%
1970	50.2%	42.3%
1971	50.4%	42.2%
1972	50.4%	42.2%
1973	50.2%	42.1%
1974	49.9%	42%
1975	49.5%	41.9%
1976	48.9%	41.8%
1977	47.9%	41.7%
1978	46.6%	41.5%
1979	45.5%	41.3%
1980	44.8%	40.9%
1981	44.3%	40.5%
1982	43.9%	40.1%
1983	43.5%	39.8%
1984	43.3%	39.5%
1985	43.1%	39.2%
1986	42.8%	38.9%
1987	42.6%	38.7%
1988	41.7%	38.4%
1989	40.2%	38.1%
1990	38.9%	37.7%
1991	38.1%	37.5%
1992	37.7%	37.6%
1993	37.3%	37.3%
1994	37%	37.2%
1995	36.7%	37.5%
1996	36.2%	37.5%
1997	35.7%	37.2%
1998	34.7%	36.5%
1999	33.5%	35.7%
2000	32.4%	34.9%
2001	31.4%	34%
2002	30.7%	33.2%
2003	30%	32.3%
2004	29.2%	31.6%
2005	28.4%	31.1%
2006	27.6%	30.6%
2007	26.8%	30.2%
2008	25.9%	29.9%
2009	25.1%	29.7%
2010	24.3%	29.4%
2011	23.5%	29.1%
2012	22.7%	28.9%
2013	22.1%	28.7%
2014	21.5%	28.5%
2015	20.9%	28.3%
2016	20.3%	28.3%
2017	19.9%	28.3%
2018	19.5%	27.9%
2019	19.1%	27.4%
2020	18.7%	27%
2021	18.5%	26.6%
2022	18.2%	26.3%
2023	17.9%	26.1%
2024	17.5%	25.9%
2025	17.2%	25.7%
2026	17.1%	25.6%
2027	16.9%	25.4%
2028	16.8%	25.3%
2029	16.6%	25.2%
2030	16.5%	25.2%
2031	16.3%	25.1%
2032	16.1%	25%
2033	15.9%	24.8%
2034	15.7%	24.5%
2035	15.6%	24.3%
2036	15.4%	23.9%
2037	15.2%	23.6%
2038	15%	23.4%
2039	14.8%	23.1%
2040	14.6%	22.9%
2041	14.4%	22.7%
2042	14.2%	22.5%
2043	14.1%	22.4%
2044	13.9%	22.2%
2045	13.7%	22.1%
2046	13.6%	21.9%
2047	13.4%	21.8%
2048	13.3%	21.7%
2049	13.1%	21.6%
2050	13%	21.5%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 17.5% in Saint Lucia and 25.9% in South Africa. Birth rates in Saint Lucia compared to South Africa .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Saint Lucia	South Africa
1960	3.84%	3.39%
1961	3.88%	3.38%
1962	3.93%	3.37%
1963	3.97%	3.38%
1964	4.01%	3.39%
1965	4.05%	3.41%
1966	4.11%	3.44%
1967	4.17%	3.47%
1968	4.24%	3.51%
1969	4.3%	3.54%
1970	4.36%	3.58%
1971	4.4%	3.61%
1972	4.45%	3.64%
1973	4.49%	3.66%
1974	4.52%	3.69%
1975	4.54%	3.71%
1976	4.56%	3.73%
1977	4.59%	3.75%
1978	4.65%	3.77%
1979	4.74%	3.79%
1980	4.8%	3.8%
1981	4.84%	3.83%
1982	4.88%	3.86%
1983	4.92%	3.89%
1984	4.95%	3.93%
1985	4.97%	3.97%
1986	4.98%	3.98%
1987	4.98%	3.99%
1988	5.05%	3.99%
1989	5.2%	3.98%
1990	5.38%	3.95%
1991	5.49%	3.95%
1992	5.5%	3.99%
1993	5.5%	3.99%
1994	5.48%	4.05%
1995	5.45%	4.19%
1996	5.41%	4.34%
1997	5.36%	4.48%
1998	5.52%	4.59%
1999	5.91%	4.67%
2000	6.33%	4.75%
2001	6.56%	4.82%
2002	6.58%	4.88%
2003	6.59%	4.95%
2004	6.59%	5.02%
2005	6.59%	5.1%
2006	6.61%	5.15%
2007	6.72%	5.2%
2008	6.91%	5.24%
2009	7.17%	5.25%
2010	7.37%	5.25%
2011	7.5%	5.24%
2012	7.63%	5.25%
2013	7.76%	5.29%
2014	7.88%	5.33%
2015	7.99%	5.37%
2016	8.1%	5.47%
2017	8.22%	5.63%
2018	8.37%	5.78%
2019	8.53%	5.95%
2020	8.71%	6.11%
2021	8.83%	6.23%
2022	9%	6.36%
2023	9.3%	6.52%
2024	9.62%	6.69%
2025	9.97%	6.89%
2026	10.3%	7.08%
2027	10.8%	7.26%
2028	11.2%	7.44%
2029	11.6%	7.61%
2030	12.1%	7.76%
2031	12.6%	7.89%
2032	13%	8.01%
2033	13.5%	8.14%
2034	14%	8.26%
2035	14.4%	8.39%
2036	14.8%	8.52%
2037	15.2%	8.64%
2038	15.6%	8.76%
2039	16%	8.88%
2040	16.4%	9.01%
2041	16.8%	9.15%
2042	17.2%	9.3%
2043	17.5%	9.48%
2044	17.9%	9.68%
2045	18.3%	9.9%
2046	18.6%	10.1%
2047	19.1%	10.4%
2048	19.5%	10.7%
2049	19.9%	11%
2050	20.4%	11.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 9.62% in Saint Lucia and 6.69% in South Africa. Life expectancy in Saint Lucia compared to South Africa .