Antigua and Barbuda

Aanteega an' Baabyuuda

UN memberLatin America and the Caribbean, Americas

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Population

94,423

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$2.34 billion

2025 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$24,819

2025 · World Bank WDIActual

HDI

0.851 index (0–1)

2023 · UNDP HDRActual

Life expectancy

78.1 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

440 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Antigua and Barbuda is a UN member state in Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas.

Every figure names its source, year, and whether it is an actual value, an estimate, or a projection. Missing values stay missing.

ISO alpha-2: AG
ISO alpha-3: ATG
UN M49: 028
Wikidata: Q781

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 94,423
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 94,626
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: 0.4 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 215.1 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s density is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 102.3 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 36.7 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s median age is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 35.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 90.9 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.6 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s tfr is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 1.6 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 11.4 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −2
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −0 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 24.3%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s urban is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 72% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and below the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 17.5%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 70.2%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 12.3%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s ages 65+ is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 10.8% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Antigua and Barbuda. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	44,948	estimate
1960	55,060	estimate
1970	64,334	estimate
1980	64,424	estimate
1990	63,188	estimate
2000	74,277	estimate
2010	84,799	estimate
2020	91,592	estimate
2030	95,863	projection
2040	97,163	projection
2050	95,225	projection
2060	91,199	projection
2070	86,139	projection
2080	80,224	projection
2090	74,038	projection
2100	68,243	projection
2101	67,707	projection

Age structure of Antigua and Barbuda as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	3.9% aged 65+	actual
1965	4.7% aged 65+	actual
1970	4.9% aged 65+	actual
1975	6.3% aged 65+	actual
1980	7.8% aged 65+	actual
1985	8.9% aged 65+	actual
1990	9% aged 65+	actual
1995	8.1% aged 65+	actual
2000	7.4% aged 65+	actual
2005	7.1% aged 65+	actual
2010	7.2% aged 65+	actual
2015	8.1% aged 65+	actual
2020	9.9% aged 65+	actual
2025	12.3% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $2.34 billion
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $24,819
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s gdp / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of $11,059 (33 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of $7,411 among 181 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP, PPP: Int’l $3.38 billion
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita, PPP: Int’l $35,832
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s gdp / capita (ppp) is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of Int’l $23,116 (32 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of Int’l $20,089 among 180 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP growth: 5 percent
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s gdp growth is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 2.7 (33 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 3.2 among 181 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GNI per capita: $23,790
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s gni / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of $10,655 (32 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of $7,360 among 179 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Inflation, consumer prices: 1.4 percent
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s inflation is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 2.3 (28 profiles with 2025 data), and below the median of 3 among 162 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Trade: 118.3 percent of GDP
2022 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 72.7%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
General government net lending/borrowingProjection: −0.6 percent of GDP
2026 · IMF WEO · Projection · World Economic Outlook April 2026
General government gross debtProjection: 66.5 percent of GDP
2026 · IMF WEO · Projection · World Economic Outlook April 2026

GDP of Antigua and Barbuda in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
1977	$77.5 million	actual
1981	$149 million	actual
1985	$246 million	actual
1989	$455 million	actual
1993	$566 million	actual
1997	$734 million	actual
2001	$878 million	actual
2005	$1.14 billion	actual
2009	$1.39 billion	actual
2013	$1.33 billion	actual
2017	$1.53 billion	actual
2021	$1.6 billion	actual
2025	$2.34 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: 0.851 index (0–1)
2023 · UNDP HDR · Actual · HDR 2025 composite indices complete time series
Antigua and Barbuda’s hdi is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 0.777 (33 profiles with 2023 data), and above the median of 0.762 among 192 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.
Gender Development Index: 1.031 index (female-to-male HDI ratio)
2023 · UNDP HDR · Actual · HDR 2025 composite indices complete time series
Antigua and Barbuda’s gdi is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 0.989 (30 profiles with 2023 data), and above the median of 0.971 among 183 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Gender Inequality Index: 0.240 index (0–1)
2023 · UNDP HDR · Actual · HDR 2025 composite indices complete time series
Antigua and Barbuda’s gii is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 0.360 (30 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 0.352 among 172 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 78.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s life expectancy is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 76.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 7.2 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 75.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s life exp. male is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 74.1 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 80.7 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s life exp. female is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 79.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 7 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s infant mortality is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 9.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 8.7 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Antigua and Barbuda’s u5mr is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 11.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Maternal mortality ratio: 35 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Immunization, measles: 97%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s measles immunization is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 89.5% (32 profiles with 2024 data), and above the median of 90% among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Current health expenditure: 3.9 percent of GDP
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s health expenditure is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 6.3 (31 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 5.8 among 170 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Prevalence of undernourishment: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.
Adult literacy rate: 98.9%
2001 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.
Mean years of schooling: 11.6 years
2021 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Antigua and Barbuda’s mean years school is above the median of 10.4 among 23 core profiles with 2021 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
School life expectancy: 15.7 years
2012 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Life expectancy at birth in Antigua and Barbuda. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	58.1	estimate
1960	62.6	estimate
1970	69.4	estimate
1980	73.1	estimate
1990	73.6	estimate
2000	74.8	estimate
2010	76.7	estimate
2020	77.2	estimate
2030	78.8	projection
2040	80.5	projection
2050	82.1	projection
2060	83.5	projection
2070	84.8	projection
2080	86.1	projection
2090	87.2	projection
2100	88.4	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 440 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 440 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 18%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Antigua and Barbuda’s forest is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 44.6% (42 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
CO₂ emissions: 0.7 million tonnes
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
CO₂ emissions per capita: 7.1 tonnes per person
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
Antigua and Barbuda’s co₂ / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 3 (41 profiles with 2024 data), and above the median of 2.8 among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions of Antigua and Barbuda. Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. OWID / Global Carbon Project, OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project).

Data table

Year	Million tonnes	Status
1950	0	actual
1955	0	actual
1960	0	actual
1965	0.2	actual
1970	0.5	actual
1975	0.7	actual
1980	0.1	actual
1985	0.2	actual
1990	0.2	actual
1995	0.3	actual
2000	0.4	actual
2005	0.5	actual
2010	0.5	actual
2015	0.6	actual
2020	0.6	actual
2024	0.7	actual

Geography

Region: Americas
Subregion: Latin America and the Caribbean
Intermediate region: Caribbean
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: ATG
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

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Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: UN member
Publication tier: Core profile
SIDS: Small island developing State

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
GDP, PPP (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
GDP per capita, PPP (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
GDP growth (2025, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
GNI per capita (2025, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
Inflation, consumer prices (2025, actual; series FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG)
Trade (2022, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Maternal mortality ratio (2023, actual; series SH.STA.MMRT)
Immunization, measles (2024, actual; series SH.IMM.MEAS)
Current health expenditure (2023, actual; series SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2024, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Infant mortality rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
Alternate: Under-five mortality rate (2024, actual; series SH.DYN.MORT)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

UNDP Human Development Report

HDR 2025 composite indices complete time series. Vintage HDR 2025. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Human Development Index (2023, actual; series hdi)
Gender Development Index (2023, actual; series gdi)
Gender Inequality Index (2023, actual; series gii)
Alternate: Mean years of schooling (2023, actual; series mys)
Alternate: School life expectancy (2023, actual; series eys)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026). Vintage UIS February 2026. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Adult literacy rate (2001, actual; series LR.AG15T99)
Mean years of schooling (2021, actual; series MYS.1T8.AG25T99)
School life expectancy (2012, actual; series SLE.1T8)

IMF World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook April 2026. Vintage WEO April 2026. IMF data terms. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

General government net lending/borrowing (2026, projection; series GGXCNL_NGDP)
General government gross debt (2026, projection; series GGXWDG_NGDP)
Alternate: Gross domestic product (2026, projection; series NGDPD)
Alternate: GDP per capita (2026, projection; series NGDPDPC)
Alternate: GDP growth (2026, projection; series NGDP_RPCH)
Alternate: Inflation, consumer prices (2026, projection; series PCPIPCH)

Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project)

OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project). Vintage OWID CO₂ December 2025. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

CO₂ emissions (2024, actual; series co2)
CO₂ emissions per capita (2024, actual; series co2_per_capita)

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