Antigua and Barbuda: People & Society#
Population | 93,581 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s) adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan |
Ethnic groups | black 87.3%, mixed 4.7%, hispanic 2.7%, white 1.6%, other 2.7%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.) |
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.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.36% (male 11,107/female 10,754) 15-24 years: 17% (male 7,918/female 7,992) 25-54 years: 42.31% (male 18,085/female 21,509) 55-64 years: 9.53% (male 4,021/female 4,894) 65 years and over: 7.8% (male 3,136/female 4,165) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 45.7% youth dependency ratio: 35.2% elderly dependency ratio: 10.4% potential support ratio: 9.6% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 31.6 years male: 29.8 years female: 33.2 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 1.23% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 15.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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: 23.8% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.95% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | SAINT JOHN'S (capital) 22,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.84 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.5 years male: 74.4 years female: 78.8 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.01 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Health expenditures | 5.5% of GDP (2014) |
Hospital bed density | 2.1 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.9% of population rural: 97.9% of population total: 97.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.1% of population rural: 2.1% of population total: 2.1% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 91.4% of population rural: 91.4% of population total: 91.4% of population unimproved: urban: 8.6% of population rural: 8.6% of population total: 8.6% of population (2011 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 31% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 2.6% of GDP (2009) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 98.4% female: 99.4% (2012 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 15 years (2012) |