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8) Antigua and Barbuda
Community
Area 443 square kilometres (land area 443 square kilometres)
Population, change on previous decade.
36,412 (1850)
36,819 (1890)
34,971 (1901)
36,000 (1913)
41,757 (1946)
45,800 (1950)
54,354 (1960) +18.7%
64,100 (1970) +17.9%
61,900 (1980) -3.4%
62,500 (1990) +1.0%
76,000 (2000) +21.6%
88,000 (2010) +15.8%
97,930 (2020) +11.3%
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Black |
Mixed race |
Other (mainly Asian |
White |
|
1970 |
94.4 |
3.5 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
|
1996 |
89.0 |
4.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
2020 |
91.0 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
1.7 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian All |
Christian Protestant, Anglican |
Christian R C |
|
1900 |
100 |
96.0 |
4.0 |
|
1970 |
98.0 |
89.0 |
9.8 |
|
2010 |
77.0 |
68.8 |
8.2 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1945 |
|
34.9 (+29.8) |
|
15.1 |
|
|
30.0 |
|
1952 |
|
35.0 (+23.0) |
|
12.0 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
4.4 |
|
|
9.1 |
43.4 |
4.1 |
39.7 |
|
1962 |
|
32.0 (+23.0) |
|
9.0 |
43.3 |
4.0 |
38.4 |
|
1965 |
|
|
45.4 |
|
43.1 |
3.9 |
36.6 |
|
1970 |
3.7 |
|
|
7.1 |
41.2 |
4.0 |
33.8 |
|
1972 |
|
20.0 (+13.0) |
|
7.0 |
40.5 |
4.1 |
34.0 |
|
1980 |
2.1 |
17.0 (+11.0) |
|
6.0 |
34.8 |
5.2 |
34.6 |
|
1985 |
1.9 |
|
34.2 |
|
31.3 |
6.0 |
35.0 |
|
1990 |
1.7 |
20.0 (+13.0) |
24.9 |
7.0 |
31.3 |
7.5 |
35.5 |
|
2000 |
1.6 |
21.0 (+15.6) |
13.1 |
6.4 |
28.7 |
6.6 |
32.1 |
|
2010 |
2.1 |
16.6 (+10.7) |
7.4 |
5.9 |
24.3 |
7.4 |
26.2 |
|
2015 |
2.1 |
15.9 (+10.1) |
5.7 |
5.8 |
22.6 |
8.2 |
23.8 |
|
2017 |
2.0 |
15.5 (+9.7) |
5.2 |
5.8 |
22.2 |
|
24.7 |
|
2018 |
|
|
5.0 |
|
22.1 |
8.8 |
24.6 |
Life expectancy,
61.8 (1960); 59.5 (M), 64.2 (F)
65.5 (1970); 63.1 (M), 68.1 (F)
68.6 (1980); 66.1 (M), 71.2 (F)
71.2 (1990); 68.7 (M), 73.8 (F)
73.4 (2000); 71.0 (M), 75.9 (F)
75.3 (2010); 72.9 (M), 77.8 (F)
77.1 (2020); 75.9 (M); 78.2 (F)
Population of principal cities
ST JOHNS,
9,262 (1901)
10,965 (1946)
21,590 (1960)
24,000 (1975)
30,000 (1982)
38,000 (1992)
43,380 (2007)
81,800 (2011)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values) Tourism accounts for nearly 60.0% of GDP (2010)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1970 |
10 |
0.00 |
119 |
2.27 |
|
1975 |
40 |
0.00 |
580 |
7.42 |
|
1980 |
110 |
0.00 |
1,823 |
14.47 |
|
1985 |
200 |
0.00 |
3,215 |
17.60 |
|
1990 |
390 |
0.01 |
6,001 |
25.05 |
|
1995 |
490 |
0.01 |
7,386 |
24.56 |
|
2000 |
670 |
0.01 |
9,833 |
26.98 |
|
2005 |
900 |
0.01 |
11,372 |
25.67 |
|
2010 |
1,099 |
0.01 |
12,127 |
25.07 |
|
2015 |
1,356 |
0.01 |
13,567 |
24.14 |
|
2016 |
1,449 |
0.01 |
14,353 |
24.98 |
GDP by primary sector Tourism accounts for nearly 60% of GDP (2010)
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1982 |
7.2 |
9.5 |
5.2 |
7.0 |
|
82.0 |
|
1995 |
3.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
86.0 |
|
|
2002 |
3.7 |
7.0 |
21.7 |
11.0 |
74.6 |
74.3 |
|
2005 |
4.0 |
|
23.0 |
|
74.0 |
|
|
2011 |
3.8 |
|
32.9 |
|
63.4 |
|
|
2016 |
2.3 |
|
20.2 |
|
77.5 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English. Spanish is spoken by about 10% (2010).
Literacy
81.0% (1946)
88.7% (1980); 89.7% (M), 88.0% (F)
95.0% (2000)
99.0% (2012); 98.4 (M), 99.4 (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1981 |
|
|
|
|
1,209 |
|
1983 |
|
|
|
7,120 |
|
|
1985 |
|
384 |
|
10,000 |
|
|
1995 |
1,100 |
|
|
15,100 |
5,700 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
23,700 |
5,200 |
|
2010 |
1,165 |
390 |
|
|
|
|
2013 |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
Railways, kilometres
78 (1985), serving the sugar plantations
0 (2010)
Electronic communications TV broadcasts began 1983
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1975 |
3,104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
3,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
10,000 |
|
19,000 |
16,500 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
1,300 |
29,000 |
29,500 |
|
|
|
2000 |
38,300 |
22,000 |
36,000 |
31,000 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
2004 |
|
54,000 |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
2008 |
38,000 |
136,000 |
|
|
|
65,000 |
|
2010 |
41,700 |
163,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
70,900 |
|
2012 |
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
22,504 |
|
|
|
|
|
Tourism: Visitors to Antigua and Barbuda,
60,000 (1970)
67,412 (1978)
149,000 (1986)
206,000 (1990)
220,000 (1995)
207,000 (2000)
245,000 (2005)
230,000 (2010)
250,000 (2015)