This article is about the demographic features of the population of Antigua and Barbuda, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Demographic statistics from the CIA World Factbook
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population
- 85,632 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 26.8% (male 11,660/female 11,303)
- 15-64 years: 66.6% (male 26,597/female 30,414)
- 65 years and over: 6.6% (male 2,456/female 3,202) (20096 est.)
Median age
- Total: 29.7 years
- Male: 28.2 years
- Female: 31.1 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
- 1.303% (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 103
Birth rate
- 16.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 128
Death rate
- 6.14 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 165
Net migration rate
- 2.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 36
Urbanization
- Urban population: 30% of total population (2008)
- Rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births
- country comparison to the world: 120
- Male: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 74.76 years
- country comparison to the world: 87
- Male: 72.81 years
- Female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 2.07 children born/woman (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 124
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: NA
- People living with HIV/AIDS: NA
- Deaths: NA
Nationality
- Noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
- Adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan
Ethnic groups
- Black 91%
- Mixed 4.4%
- Whites 1.7% (Mostly British)
- All other 2.29% (2001 census)
Religions
- Anglican 25.7%
- Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%
- Pentecostal 10.6%
- Moravian 10.5%
- Roman Catholic 10.4%
- Methodist 7.9%
- Baptist 4.8%
- Church of God 4.5%
- other Christian 5.4%
- other 2%
- none of unspecified 5.8%
Languages
- English (official), local dialects
Literacy
- Definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
- Total population: 85.8%
- Male: NA%
- Female: NA% (2003 est.)
Education expenditure
- 3.9% of GDP (2002)
- country comparison to the world: 106
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2009 edition".
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