Antigua and Barbuda 
Facts
Population: 69,481 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.3% (male 9,647/female 9,306)
15-64 years: 69% (male 24,137/female 23,801)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 965/female 1,625) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.527% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 16.62 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 5.31 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.037 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.594 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 18.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.42 years
male: 70.03 years
female: 74.94 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 2.23 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.
Nationality: noun: Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s)
adjective: Antiguan, Barbudan.
Ethnic groups: black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9% (2001 census).
Religions: Anglican 25.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.3%, Pentecostal 10.6%, Moravian 10.5%, Roman Catholic 10.4%, Methodist 7.9%, Baptist 4.9%, Church of God 4.5%, other Christian 5.4%, other 2%, none or unspecified 5.8% (2001 census).
Languages: English (official), local dialects.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling
total population: 85.8%
male: NA%
female: NA% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $750 million (2002 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.8% (2005 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,900 (2005 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 22%
services: 74.3% (2002 est.).
Labor force: 30,000 (1991 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 7%
industry: 11%
services: 82% (1983).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.9% (2005 est.).
Unemployment rate: 11% (2001 est.).
Budget: revenues: $123.7 million
expenditures: $145.9 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.).
Agriculture - products: cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock.
Industries: tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances).
Industrial production growth rate: NA%.
Electricity - production: 105 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 97.65 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $46.81 million (2004 est.).
Exports - commodities: petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%.
Exports - partners: Spain 34%, Germany 20.7%, Italy 7.7%, Singapore 5.8%, UK 4.9% (2005).
Imports: $378 million (2004 est.).
Imports - commodities: food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil.
Imports - partners: US 21.1%, China 16.4%, Germany 13.3%, Singapore 12.7%, Spain 6.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $427.3 million; note - data are for public external debt, not total external debt (2000).
Economic aid - recipient: $1.65 million (2004).
Currency (code): East Caribbean dollar (XCD).
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002)
note: fixed rate since 1976.
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
(independent), St. John's
http://www.antiguasun.com/
St John's
http://www.antiguaobserver.com/
Outlet Newspaper, The
St John's
(Independent), St. Johns
http://sun-weekend.com/
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