Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda

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Antigua and Barbuda population pyramid in 2020
Census population and average annual growth rate
YearPop.±% 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]

This article is a

ethnicity, religious affiliations
and other aspects of the population.

Population

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 2021 is 93,219 (the 2022 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 63 878 1 178 438 740 18.9 7.0 11.9
1992 64 682 1 256 442 814 19.8 7.0 12.8
1993 65 505 1 228 455 773 18.9 7.0 11.9
1994 66 416 1 271 451 820 19.1 6.8 12.3
1995 67 608 1 347 434 913 19.7 6.3 13.4
1996 68 612 1 400 429 971 19.9 6.1 13.8
1997 68 890 1 448 468 980 20.0 6.5 13.6
1998 69 866 1 366 456 910 18.4 6.1 12.3
1999 70 856 1 329 509 820 17.5 6.7 10.8
2000 72 310 1 528 447 1 081 19.7 6.2 13.5
2001 76 886 1 350 462 888 17.6 6.0 11.6 17.8
2002 77 665 1 193 444 749 15.4 5.7 9.7 17.6
2003 78 412 1 227 454 773 15.7 5.8 9.9 14.7
2004 79 196 1 257 516 741 15.9 6.5 9.4 22.3
2005 80 007 1 190 497 693 14.9 6.2 8.7 13.5 1.6
2006 80 855 1 195 465 730 14.8 5.8 9.0 8.4 1.6
2007 81 736 1 282 471 811 15.7 5.8 9.9 17.9 1.86
2008 82 663 1 438 538 900 17.4 6.5 10.9 17.4 2.06
2009 83 624 1 404 515 889 16.8 6.2 10.6 14.3 2.02
2010 84 622 1 245 498 747 14.7 5.9 8.8 12.9 1.78
2011 85 567 1 232 475 757 14.4 5.6 8.8 20.3 1.75
2012 86 793 1 174 507 667 13.5 5.8 7.7 16.2 1.66
2013 88 069 1 093 463 630 12.4 5.3 7.1 11.0 1.53
2014 89 391 1 100 590 510 12.3 6.6 5.7 11.8 1.53
2015 90 755 1 159 527 632 12.8 5.8 7.0 8.6 1.58
2016 92 157 1 063 542 521 11.5 5.9 5.6 12.2 1.45
2017 93 581 1 108 599 509 11.8 6.4 5.4 9.0 1.50
2018 95 014 1 015 581 434 10.7 6.1 4.6 22.7 1.36
2019 96 453 1 088 618 470 11.3 6.0 5.3 12.0 1.45
2020 97 895 1 163 574 589 11.9 6.0 5.9 6.0 1.53
2021 99 337 649 6.6
2022 100 772

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 27.V.2011): [8]
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
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 10 323 10 088 20 411 23.85
15-64 27 640 30 820 58 460 68.32
65+ 2 927 3 633 6 560 7.67
unknown 96 40 136 0.16
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Based on the results of the 2011 Population Census.): [8]
Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 47 556 51 781 99 337 100
0–4 3 534 3 464 6 998 7.04
5–9 3 546 3 483 7 029 7.08
10–14 3 620 3 511 7 131 7.18
15–19 3 473 3 387 6 860 6.91
20–24 3 961 3 944 7 905 7.96
25–29 3 892 3 930 7 822 7.87
30–34 3 511 3 795 7 306 7.35
35–39 3 348 3 815 7 163 7.21
40–44 3 280 3 749 7 029 7.08
45–49 3 174 3 850 7 024 7.07
50–54 3 152 3 662 6 814 6.86
55–59 2 819 3 345 6 164 6.21
60–64 2 247 2 627 4 874 4.91
65-69 1 532 1 834 3 366 3.39
70-74 1 095 1 379 2 474 2.49
75-79 698 920 1 618 1.63
80+ 674 1 086 1 760 1.77
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 10 700 10 458 21 158 21.30
15–64 32 857 36 104 68 961 69.42
65+ 3 999 5 219 9 218 9.28

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 China (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
99,287 (Feb. 2022 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: 22.52% (male 11,243/female 10,871)
15-24 years: 16.15% (male 7,891/female 7,961)
25-54 years: 41.68% (male 18,757/female 22,167)
55-64 years: 10.74% (male 4,693/female 5,848)
65 years and over: 8.91% (male 3,736/female 5,012) (2020 est.)
Median age
Total: 32.7 years Country comparison to the world: 106th
Male: 30.7 years
Female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)
Birth rate
15.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 113th
Death rate
5.63 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 177th
Total fertility rate
1.96 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 117th
Net migration rate
2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 49th
Population growth rate
1.17% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 84th
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: 77.6 years Country comparison to the world: 92nd
male: 75.4 years
female: 79.9 years (2021 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 24.4% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 0.55% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 45.3 (2020 est.)
Youth dependency ratio: 31.8 (2020 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio: 13.6 (2020 est.)
Potential support ratio: 7.4 (2020 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

Total population: 99%
Male: 98.4%
Female: 99.4% (2015)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total: 15 years
Male: 14 years
Female: 16 years (2012)

References

  1. ^ a b c "2000 ROUND OF POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS DATA ANALYSIS SUB-PROJECT" (PDF). Caricomstats.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Website for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "United Nations Demographic Yearbooks". Unstats.un.org. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ "DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA" (PDF). Caricomstats.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ^ "DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA" (PDF). Caricomstats.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Antigua and Barbuda Population 2019", World Population Review
  10. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "World Factbook CENTRAL AMERICA : ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA", The World Factbook, 12 July 2018

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