Antigua and Barbuda People - 2024

Population

101,489 (2023 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

Languages

English (official), Antiguan Creole (an English-based 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.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 21.97% (male 11,321/female 10,980)

15-64 years: 67.94% (male 32,103/female 36,847)

65 years and over: 10.09% (2023 est.) (male 4,378/female 5,860)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 40.9

youth dependency ratio: 26.5

elderly dependency ratio: 14.4

potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 33.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 31.6 years

female: 35.4 years

Population growth rate

1.13% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

15 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

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

Urbanization

urban population: 24.3% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female

total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

21 deaths/100,000 live births (2020)

Infant mortality rate

total: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 16.8 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 10.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78 years (2023 est.)

male: 75.9 years

female: 80.3 years

Total fertility rate

1.94 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.95 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 96.7% of population

unimproved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.)

Current health expenditure

5.6% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Hospital bed density

2.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access

improved: total: 91.7% of population

unimproved: total: 8.1% of population (2017 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

18.9% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 11.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 2.97 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 3.95 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 4.55 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0.41 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

31.5% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

3.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

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)