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.

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