Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Antigua and Barbuda, including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Census population and average annual growth rate

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1871	35,157	—
1881	34,964	−0.06%
1891	36,819	+0.52%
1911	32,269	−0.66%
1921	29,767	−0.80%
1946	41,757	+1.36%
1960	54,060	+1.86%
1970	64,794	+1.83%
1991	60,840	−0.30%
2001	76,886	+2.37%
2011	86,295	+1.16%
Source:[1]

Population

Population of Antigua and Barbuda, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

According to the 2011 census the estimated resident population of Antigua and Barbuda was 86,295.[2] The estimated population of 2018 is 96,286 (the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4]).

Vital statistics

[5][6]

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Infant mortality rate[7]	TFR
1950	~46 000	1 654	535	1 119	35.7	11.6	24.2
1951	~48 000	1 676	605	1 071	34.7	12.5	22.2
1952	~50 000	1 612	526	1 086	32.3	10.5	21.8
1953	~51 000	1 687	599	1 088	33.0	11.7	21.3
1954	~52 000	1 660	532	1 128	31.9	10.2	21.7
1955	~53 000	1 880	516	1 364	35.7	9.8	25.9
1956	~53 000	1 917	497	1 420	36.1	9.4	26.8
1957	~53 000	1 764	512	1 252	33.0	9.6	23.4
1958	~54 000	1 818	551	1 267	33.8	10.3	23.6
1959	~54 000	1 831	517	1 314	33.8	9.5	24.3
1960	~55 000	1 878	538	1 340	34.3	9.8	24.5
1961	~55 000	1 768	503	1 265	31.9	9.1	22.8
1962	~56 000	1 787	405	1 382	31.7	7.2	24.5
1963	~57 000	1 833	574	1 259	32.0	10.0	21.9
1964	~59 000	1 886	500	1 386	32.2	8.5	23.7
1965	~60 000	1 742	484	1 258	29.2	8.1	21.1
1966	~61 000	1 745	492	1 253	28.7	8.1	20.6
1967	~62 000	1 794	440	1 354	28.9	7.1	21.8
1968	~63 000	1 811	513	1 298	28.7	8.1	20.5
1969	~64 000	1 527	410	1 117	23.7	6.4	17.4
1970	~65 000	1 540	411	1 129	23.6	6.3	17.3
1971	~66 000	1 700	414	1 286	25.6	6.2	19.4
1972	~67 000	1 573	455	1 118	23.4	6.8	16.6
1973	~68 000	1 257	377	880	18.5	5.5	12.9
1974	~69 000	1 274	496	778	18.6	7.2	11.3
1975	~69 000	1 336	463	873	19.3	6.7	12.6
1976	~70 000	1 522	491	1 031	21.8	7.0	14.8
1977	~70 000	1 429	489	940	20.3	7.0	13.4
1978	~71 000	1 342	402	940	19.0	5.7	13.3
1979	~71 000	1 397	469	928	19.8	6.6	13.2
1980	~70 000	1 238	387	851	17.6	5.5	12.1
1981	~70 000	1 177	377	800	16.9	5.4	11.5
1982	~69 000	1 152	394	758	16.7	5.7	11.0
1983	~68 000	1 174	404	770	17.3	5.9	11.3
1984	~67 000	1 126	386	740	16.8	5.8	11.1
1985	~66 000	1 190	405	785	18.1	6.2	11.9
1986	~65 000	1 130	383	747	17.5	5.9	11.6
1987	~63 000	1 104	417	687	17.4	6.6	10.8
1988	~63 000	1 107	389	718	17.7	6.2	11.5
1989	~62 000	1 137	415	722	18.3	6.7	11.7
1990	~62 000	1 288	433	855	20.8	7.0	13.8
1991	~62 000	1 178	438	740	18.9	7.0	11.9
1992	~63 000	1 256	442	814	19.8	7.0	12.8
1993	~65 000	1 228	455	773	18.9	7.0	11.9
1994	~67 000	1 271	451	820	19.1	6.8	12.3
1995	~68 000	1 347	434	913	19.7	6.3	13.4
1996	~70 000	1 400	429	971	19.9	6.1	13.8
1997	~72 000	1 448	468	980	20.0	6.5	13.6
1998	~74 000	1 366	456	910	18.4	6.1	12.3
1999	~76 000	1 329	509	820	17.5	6.7	10.8
2000	~78 000	1 528	447	1 081	19.7	5.8	13.9
2001	~79 000	1 366	457	909	17.3	5.8	11.5
2002	~80 000	1 201	434	767	15.0	5.4	9.6
2003	~81 000	1 242	437	805	15.4	5.4	10.0
2004	~82 000	1 272	527	745	15.6	6.4	9.1	15.6
2005	82 786	1 243	497	746	15.0	6.0	9.0	13.1	1.6
2006	84 330	1 207	465	742	14.3	5.8	8.5	10.9	1.6
2007	85 901	1 295	471	824	15.1	5.5	9.6	21.7	1.7
2008	87 506	1 452	543	909	16.6	6.2	10.4	17.4	1.8
2009	89 138	1 418	523	895	15.9	5.7	10.2	11.4	1.8
2010	90 801	1 255	504	751	13.8	5.6	8.2	10.5	1.5
2011		1 257	478	779				22.6
2012		1 187	510	677				15.3
2013		1 093	463	630
2014		1 100	590	510
2015		1 159	527	632
2016		1 063	542	521
2017		1 108	599	509
2018		1 015	581	434	10.7	6.1	4.6

Structure of the population

[8] Structure of the population (27.05.2011) (Census) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	40 986	44 581	85 567	100
0-4	3 361	3 262	6 623	7,74
5-9	3 272	3 188	6 460	7,55
10-14	3 690	3 638	7 329	8,57
15-19	3 554	3 519	7 073	8,27
20-24	3 206	3 418	6 624	7,74
25-29	3 135	3 512	6 647	7,77
30-34	3 101	3 516	6 617	7,73
35-39	3 049	3 699	6 748	7,89
40-44	3 124	3 588	6 712	7,84
45-49	2 893	3 348	6 241	7,29
50-54	2 416	2 694	5 110	5,97
55-59	1 763	1 957	3 721	4,35
60-64	1 398	1 569	2 968	3,47
65-69	1 066	1 172	2 238	2,62
70-74	690	810	1 500	1,75
75-79	527	654	1 181	1,38
80-84	331	520	850	0,99
85-89	214	298	512	0,60
90-94	72	122	193	0,23
95+	27	57	84	0,10
unknown	96	40	136	0,16

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	10 323	10 088	20 411	23,85
15-64	27 736	30 860	58 596	68,48
65+	2 927	3 633	6 560	7,67

Ethnic groups

The population of Antigua and Barbuda, is predominantly black (91.0%) or mixed (4.4%).[1] 1.9% of the population is white and 0.7% East Indian. There is also a small Amerindian population: 177 in 1991 and 214 in 2001 (0.3% of the total population). The remaining 1.6% of the population includes people from the Middle East (0.6%) and Chinese (0.2%).

The 2001 census disclosed that 19,425, or 30 per cent of the total population of Antigua and Barbuda, reported their place of birth as a foreign country.[1] Over 15,000 of these persons were from other Caribbean states, representing 80 of the total foreign born. The main countries of origin were Guyana, Dominica and Jamaica. Approximately 4,500 or 23 per cent of all foreign born came from Guyana, 3,300 or 17 per cent came from Dominica and 2,800 or 14 per cent came from Jamaica. The largest single group from a country outside the region came from the United States. Of the total of 1,715 persons, nine per cent of the foreign born, came from the United States while three per cent and one per cent came from the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. Many of these are the children of Antiguans and Barbudans who had emigrated to these countries, mainly during the 1980s, and subsequently returned.

Other demographics statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[9]

• One birth every 360 minutes
• One death every 720 minutes
• One net migrant every Infinity minutes
• Net gain of one person every 720 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[10]

Population

95,882 (July 2018 est.)

Nationality

Noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)

Adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan

Ethnic groups

African descent 87.3%, mixed 4.7%, Hispanic 2.7%, white 1.6%, other 2.7%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)

note: data represent population by ethnic group

Age structure

Population pyramid of Antigua and Barbuda in 2017

0-14 years: 22.91% (male 11,165 /female 10,800)

15-24 years: 16.6% (male 7,924 /female 7,997)

25-54 years: 42.03% (male 18,438 /female 21,861)

55-64 years: 10.13% (male 4,346 /female 5,370)

65 years and over: 8.32% (male 3,422 /female 4,559) (2018 est.)

Median age

total: 32.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 104th

male: 30.2 years

female: 33.8 years (2018 est.)

Birth rate

15.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 115th

Death rate

5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 172th

Total fertility rate

1.99 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 119th

Net migration rate

2.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 48th

Population growth rate

1.2% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 91st

Population distribution

The island of Antigua is home to approximately 97% of the population; nearly the entire population of Barbuda lives in Codrington

Languages

English (official), Antiguan creole

Religions

Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 8.2%, other 12.2%, unspecified 5.5%, none 5.9% (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 76.9 years

male: 74.8 years

female: 79.2 years (2018 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 24.6% of total population (2018)

rate of urbanization: 0.55% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 45.2 (2015 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 35.7 (2015 est.)

elderly dependency ratio: 9.6 (2015 est.)

potential support ratio: 10.5 (2015 est.)

Education expenditures

2.5% of GDP (2009) Country comparison to the world: 160th

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

18.9% (2016) Country comparison to the world: 113rd

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (2012 est.)

total population: 99%

male: 98.4%

female: 99.4% (2012 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 13 years

male: 12 years

female: 13 years (2012)

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