Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda

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]

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.

Population

Population pyramid

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 mid-year population of 2014 is 90,900 (medium fertility scenario of The 2012 Revison of the World Population Prospects).^[3]

Vital statistics^[4]^[5]

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Infant mortality rate^[6]	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

Structure of the population ^[7]

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.

Languages

English is the country's official language, but many people speak Creole English.^[8]

Religion

According to the 2001 census, 92% of the population of Antigua and Barbuda is considered Christian, 1.9% has a non-Christian religion and 4.1% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.7%).^[1]

Anglicanism constitutes the largest religious group, with 25.7% of the population. Seventh-day Adventists are the second largest group (12.3%). The next largest group is the Pentecostals 10.6% of the population, followed by Moravians (10.5%). 10.4% of the population are Roman Catholics. Other Christians include Methodists (7.9%) Baptists (4.9%), Church of God (4.5%), Evangelicals (2.6%), Jehovah's Witnesses (1.6%), Brethren Christian (0.3%), the Salvation Army (0.6%).

Other religious groups include the Rastafarian Movement (1.3% of the population), Muslims (0.3%), Hinduism (0.2%), and the Bahá'í Faith (0.1%).

References

Demographics of North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

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