Demographics & population — Antigua and Barbuda
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Antigua and Barbuda: 102,634
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Population overview
- Population
102,634
- Population Growth Rate
1.11%
- Population Distribution
the island of Antigua is home to approximately 97% of the population; nearly the entire population of Barbuda lives in Codrington
- Urban Population
- urban population: 24.3%
- of total population rate of urbanization: 0.87% annual rate of change
- Population in Major Urban Areas
21,000 SAINT JOHN'S (capital)
- Population: Male/Female
- male: 48,311
- female: 54,323
Age & family
- Age Structure
- years: 21.8% (male 11,384/female 11,034) 15-64
- years: 67.6% (male 32,312/female 37,094) 65
- years and over: 10.5% (male 4,615/female 6,195)
- Median Age
- total: 33.9
- years male: 31.9
- years female: 35.7 years
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
15
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
5.7
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.93
- Gross reproduction rate
1
- Currently married women (ages 15-49)
31.5%
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
- 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: 0.74
- male(s)/female total population: 0.89 male(s)/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
2
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
African descent 87.3%, mixed 4.7%, Hispanic 2.7%, White 1.6%, other 2.7%, unspecified 0.9%
- Language Note
English (official), Antiguan Creole (an English-based creole)
- Nationality Noun
- noun: Antiguan(s),
- Barbudan(s) adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan
Education
- Literacy - total population
99%
- Literacy - male
98.4%
- Literacy - female
99.4%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
3.8%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
- total: 15
- years male: 14
- years female: 16 years
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- total population: 78.3
- years male: 76.1
- years female: 80.5 years
- Infant Mortality Rate
- total: 13.6 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 16.4 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- total: 13.6 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 16.4 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
21
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
2.76
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
2.9
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.6%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
18.9%
- Alcohol consumption per capita
- total: 11.88
- liters of pure alcohol beer: 2.97
- liters of pure alcohol wine: 3.95
- liters of pure alcohol spirits: 4.55
- liters of pure alcohol other alcohols: 0.41 liters of pure alcohol
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- total: 96.7%
- total: 3.2% of population
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- total: 91.7%
- total: 8.1% of population