Environment-current issues: land erosion occurs on slopes that have been cleared for cultivation
Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
@Montserrat:People
Population: 12,828 (July 1998 est.) note: demographic figures include an estimated 8,000 refugees who left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995
Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Population growth rate: 0.23% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 14.27 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 9.86 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 11.91 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)