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[[File:Antigua and Barbuda single age population pyramid 2020.png |350px|alt=|thumb|upright=1.4| Antigua and Barbuda [[population pyramid]] in 2020. ]]

{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source:<ref name="2001 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Antigua.pdf|title=2000 ROUND OF POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS DATA ANALYSIS SUB-PROJECT|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817123708/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Antigua.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|title       = Census population and average annual growth rate
|percentages = pagr
|1871 | 35157
|1881 | 34964
|1891 | 36819
|1911 | 32269
|1921 | 29767
|1946 | 41757
|1960 | 54060
|1970 | 64794
|1991 | 60840
|2001 | 76886
|2011 | 86295
}}

This article is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[Antigua and Barbuda|religious affiliations]] and other aspects of the population.

==Population size and structure==

[[Image:Antigua-Barbuda-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Population of Antigua and Barbuda, Data of [[FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]

According to the 2011 census the estimated resident population of [[Antigua and Barbuda]] was 86,295.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ab.gov.ag/article_details.php?id=2560&category=114 |title=Official Website for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda |access-date=2014-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232635/http://www.ab.gov.ag/article_details.php?id=2560&category=114 |archive-date=2013-12-30 }}</ref>
The estimated population of {{UN_Population|Year}} is {{UN_Population|Antigua and Barbuda}}, according to {{UN_Population|source}}.

=== Structure of the population ===
'''Table:''' Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 27.V.2011):<ref name="auto">{{Cite web| title = UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics | url = https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics | access-date = 2023-05-10 | website = unstats.un.org }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 40 986
| align="right" | 44 581
| align="right" | 85 567
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3 361
| align="right" | 3 262
| align="right" | 6 623
| align="right" | 7.74
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 3 272
| align="right" | 3 188
| align="right" | 6 460
| align="right" | 7.55
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 3 690
| align="right" | 3 638
| align="right" | 7 329
| align="right" | 8.57
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 3 554
| align="right" | 3 519
| align="right" | 7 073
| align="right" | 8.27
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 3 206
| align="right" | 3 418
| align="right" | 6 624
| align="right" | 7.74
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 3 135
| align="right" | 3 512
| align="right" | 6 647
| align="right" | 7.77
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 3 101
| align="right" | 3 516
| align="right" | 6 617
| align="right" | 7.73
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 3 049
| align="right" | 3 699
| align="right" | 6 748
| align="right" | 7.89
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 3 124
| align="right" | 3 588
| align="right" | 6 712
| align="right" | 7.84
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 2 893
| align="right" | 3 348
| align="right" | 6 241
| align="right" | 7.29
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2 416
| align="right" | 2 694
| align="right" | 5 110
| align="right" | 5.97
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1 763
| align="right" | 1 957
| align="right" | 3 721
| align="right" | 4.35
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1 398
| align="right" | 1 569
| align="right" | 2 968
| align="right" | 3.47
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1 066
| align="right" | 1 172
| align="right" | 2 238
| align="right" | 2.62
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 690
| align="right" | 810
| align="right" | 1 500
| align="right" | 1.75
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 527
| align="right" | 654
| align="right" | 1 181
| align="right" | 1.38
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 331
| align="right" | 520
| align="right" | 850
| align="right" | 0.99
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 214
| align="right" | 298
| align="right" | 512
| align="right" | 0.60
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 72
| align="right" | 122
| align="right" | 193
| align="right" | 0.23
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 27
| align="right" | 57
| align="right" | 84
| align="right" | 0.10
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 10 323
| align="right" | 10 088
| align="right" | 20 411
| align="right" | 23.85
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 27 640
| align="right" | 30 820
| align="right" | 58 460
| align="right" | 68.32
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 2 927
| align="right" | 3 633
| align="right" | 6 560
| align="right" | 7.67
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 96
| align="right" | 40
| align="right" | 136
| align="right" | 0.16
|-
|}

'''Table:''' Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021, based on the results of the 2011 Population Census.<ref name="auto"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 47 556
| align="right" | 51 781 
| align="right" | 99 337
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3 534
| align="right" | 3 464
| align="right" | 6 998
| align="right" | 7.04
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 3 546
| align="right" | 3 483
| align="right" | 7 029
| align="right" | 7.08
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 3 620 
| align="right" | 3 511
| align="right" | 7 131
| align="right" | 7.18
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 3 473
| align="right" | 3 387
| align="right" | 6 860
| align="right" | 6.91
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 3 961
| align="right" | 3 944
| align="right" | 7 905 
| align="right" | 7.96
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 3 892
| align="right" | 3 930
| align="right" | 7 822
| align="right" | 7.87
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 3 511
| align="right" | 3 795
| align="right" | 7 306
| align="right" | 7.35
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 3 348 
| align="right" | 3 815
| align="right" | 7 163
| align="right" | 7.21
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 3 280 
| align="right" | 3 749
| align="right" | 7 029 
| align="right" | 7.08
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 3 174
| align="right" | 3 850
| align="right" | 7 024
| align="right" | 7.07
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 3 152
| align="right" | 3 662
| align="right" | 6 814
| align="right" | 6.86
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 2 819
| align="right" | 3 345
| align="right" | 6 164
| align="right" | 6.21
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 247
| align="right" | 2 627
| align="right" | 4 874
| align="right" | 4.91
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1 532
| align="right" | 1 834
| align="right" | 3 366
| align="right" | 3.39
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 1 095
| align="right" | 1 379
| align="right" | 2 474 
| align="right" | 2.49
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 698
| align="right" | 920
| align="right" | 1 618
| align="right" | 1.63
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 674
| align="right" | 1 086
| align="right" | 1 760
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 10 700
| align="right" | 10 458
| align="right" | 21 158
| align="right" | 21.30
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 32 857
| align="right" | 36 104
| align="right" | 68 961
| align="right" | 69.42
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 3 999
| align="right" | 5 219
| align="right" | 9 218
| align="right" | 9.28
|-
|}

==Vital statistics==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/AG.pdf|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017170702/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/AG.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt"|Average population
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/AG.pdf|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017170702/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/AG.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="70pt"|TFR
|-
| 1950
| ~46 000
|1 654|| 535||1 119
|35.7||11.6||24.2
|-
| 1951
| ~48 000
|1 676|| 605||1 071
|34.7||style="color: red"|12.5||22.2
|-
| 1952
| ~50 000
|1 612|| 526||1 086
|32.3||10.5||21.8
|-
| 1953
| ~51 000
|1 687|| 599||1 088
|33.0||11.7||21.3
|-
| 1954
| ~52 000
|1 660|| 532||1 128
|31.9||10.2||21.7
|-
| 1955
| ~53 000
|1 880|| 516||1 364
|35.7||9.8||25.9
|-
| 1956
| ~53 000
|1 917|| 497||style="color: blue"|1 420
|style="color: blue"|36.1||9.4||style="color: blue"|26.8
|-
| 1957
| ~53 000
|1 764|| 512||1 252
|33.0||9.6||23.4
|-
| 1958
| ~54 000
|1 818|| 551||1 267
|33.8||10.3||23.6
|-
| 1959
| ~54 000
|1 831|| 517||1 314
|33.8||9.5||24.3
|-
| 1960
| ~55 000
|1 878|| 538||1 340
|34.3||9.8||24.5
|-
| 1961
| ~55 000
|1 768|| 503||1 265
|31.9||9.1||22.8
|-
| 1962
| ~56 000
|1 787|| 405||1 382
|31.7||7.2||24.5
|-
| 1963
| ~57 000
|1 833|| 574||1 259
|32.0||10.0||21.9
|-
| 1964
| ~59 000
|1 886|| 500||1 386
|32.2||8.5||23.7
|-
| 1965
| ~60 000
|1 742|| 484||1 258
|29.2||8.1||21.1
|-
| 1966
| ~61 000
|1 745|| 492||1 253
|28.7||8.1||20.6
|-
| 1967
| ~62 000
|1 794|| 440||1 354
|28.9||7.1||21.8
|-
| 1968
| ~63 000
|1 811|| 513||1 298
|28.7||8.1||20.5
|-
| 1969
| ~64 000
|1 527|| 410||1 117
|23.7||6.4||17.4
|-
| 1970
| ~65 000
|1 540|| 411||1 129
|23.6||6.3||17.3
|-
| 1971
| ~66 000
|1 700|| 414||1 286
|25.6||6.2||19.4
|-
| 1972
| ~67 000
|1 573|| 455||1 118
|23.4||6.8||16.6
|-
| 1973
| ~68 000
|1 257|| 377|| 880
|18.5||5.5||12.9
|-
| 1974
| ~69 000
|1 274|| 496|| 778
|18.6||7.2||11.3
|-
| 1975
| ~69 000
|1 336|| 463|| 873
|19.3||6.7||12.6
|-
| 1976
| ~70 000
|1 522|| 491||1 031
|21.8||7.0||14.8
|-
| 1977
| ~70 000
|1 429|| 489|| 940
|20.3||7.0||13.4
|-
| 1978
| ~71 000
|1 342|| 402|| 940
|19.0||5.7||13.3
|-
| 1979
| ~71 000
|1 397|| 469|| 928
|19.8||6.6||13.2
|-
| 1980
| ~70 000
|1 238|| 387|| 851
|17.6||5.5||12.1
|-
| 1981
| ~70 000
|1 177|| style="color: blue"|377|| 800
|16.9||5.4||11.5
|-
| 1982
| ~69 000
|1 152|| 394|| 758
|16.7||5.7||11.0
|-
| 1983
| ~68 000
|1 174|| 404|| 770
|17.3||5.9||11.3
|-
| 1984
| ~67 000
|1 126|| 386|| 740
|16.8||5.8||11.1
|-
| 1985
| ~66 000
|1 190|| 405|| 785
|18.1||6.2||11.9
|-
| 1986
| ~65 000
|1 130|| 383|| 747
|17.5||5.9||11.6
|-
| 1987
| ~63 000
|1 104|| 417|| 687
|17.4||6.6||10.8
|-
| 1988
| ~63 000
|1 107|| 389|| 718
|17.7||6.2||11.5
|-
| 1989
| ~62 000
|1 137|| 415|| 722
|18.3||6.7||11.7
|-
| 1990
| ~62 000
|1 288|| 433|| 855
|20.8||7.0||13.8
|-
| 1991
| 63 878
|1 178|| 438|| 740
|18.9||7.0||11.9
|-
| 1992
| 64 682
|1 256|| 442|| 814
|19.8||7.0||12.8
|-
| 1993
| 65 505
|1 228|| 455|| 773
|18.9||7.0||11.9
|-
| 1994
| 66 416
|1 271|| 451|| 820
|19.1||6.8||12.3
|-
| 1995
| 67 608
|1 347|| 434|| 913
|19.7||6.3||13.4
|-
| 1996
| 68 612
|1 400|| 429|| 971
|19.9||6.1||13.8
|-
| 1997
| 68 890
|1 448|| 468|| 980
|20.0||6.5||13.6
|-
| 1998
| 69 866
|1 366|| 456|| 910
|18.4||6.1||12.3
|-
| 1999
| 70 856
|1 329|| 509|| 820
|17.5||6.7||10.8
|-
| 2000
| 72 310
|1 528|| 447||1 081
|19.7||6.2||13.5
|-
| 2001
| 76 886
|1 350|| 462|| 888
|17.6||6.0||11.6
|17.8
|
|-
| 2002
| 77 665
|1 193|| 444|| 749
|15.4||5.7||9.7
|17.6
|
|-
| 2003
| 78 412
|1 227|| 454|| 773
|15.7||5.8||9.9
|14.7
|
|-
| 2004
| 79 196
|1 257|| 516|| 741
|15.9||6.5||9.4
|22.3
|
|-
| 2005
| 80 007
|1 190|| 497|| 693
|14.9||6.2||8.7
|13.5
|1.6
|-
| 2006
| 80 855
|1 195|| 465|| 730
|14.8||5.8||9.0
|8.4
|1.6
|-
| 2007
| 81 736
|1 282|| 471|| 811
|15.7||5.8||9.9
|17.9
|1.86
|-
| 2008
| 82 663
|1 438|| 538|| 900
|17.4||6.5||10.9
|17.4
|2.06
|-
| 2009
| 83 624
|1 404|| 515|| 889
|16.8||6.2||10.6
|14.3
|2.02
|-
| 2010
| 84 622
|1 245|| 498|| 747
|14.7||5.9||8.8
|12.9
|1.78
|-
| 2011
| 85 567
|1 232|| 475|| 757
|14.4||5.6||8.8
|20.3
|1.75
|-
| 2012
| 86 793
|1 174|| 507|| 667
|13.5||5.8||7.7
|16.2
|1.66
|-
| 2013
| 88 069
|1 093||463|| 630
|12.4||style="color: blue"|5.3||7.1
|11.0
|1.53
|-
| 2014
| 89 391
|1 100||590|| 510
|12.3||6.6||5.7
|11.8
|1.53
|-
| 2015
| 90 755
|1 159||527|| 632
|12.8||5.8||7.0
|8.6
|1.58
|-
| 2016
| 92 157
|1 063||542|| 521
|11.5||5.9||5.6
|12.2
|1.45
|-
| 2017
| 93 581
|1 108||599|| 509
|11.8||6.4||5.4
|9.0
|1.50
|-
| 2018
| 95 014
|style="color: red"|1 015|| 581|| style="color: red"|434
|style="color: red"|10.7||6.1||style="color: red"|4.6
|22.7
|style="color: red"|1.36
|-
| 2019
| 96 453
|1 088|| style="color: red"|618|| 470
|11.3||6.0||5.3
|12.0
|1.45
|-
| 2020
| 97 895
|1 163|| 574|| 589
|11.9||6.0||5.9
|6.0
|1.53
|-
| 2021
| 99 337
||| 649|| 
|||6.6||
|
|
|-
| 2022
| 100 772
||| || 
|||||
|
|
|}

==Ethnic groups==
The population of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], is predominantly black (91.0%) or mixed (4.4%).<ref name="2001 census"/> 1.9% of the population is white and 0.7% East Indian. There is also a small [[Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean|Amerindian]] population: 177 in 1991 and 214 in 2001 (0.3% of the total population). The remaining 1.6% of the population includes people from the [[Middle East]] (0.6%) and [[Chinese people|China]] (0.2%).

The 2001 census disclosed that 19,425, or 30 per cent of the total population of [[Antigua and Barbuda]],  reported their place of birth as a foreign country.<ref name="2001 census"/> Over 15,000 of these persons were from other Caribbean states, representing 80 of the total foreign born. The main countries of
origin were [[Guyana]], [[Dominica]] and [[Jamaica]]. Approximately 4,500 or 23 per cent of all foreign
born came from [[Guyana]], 3,300 or 17 per cent came from [[Dominica]] and 2,800 or 14 per cent
came from [[Jamaica]]. The largest single group from a country outside the region came from the
[[United States]]. Of the total of 1,715 persons, nine per cent of the foreign born, came
from the United States while three per cent and one per cent came from the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]], respectively. Many of these are the children of Antiguans and Barbudans who had emigrated to these countries, mainly during the 1980s, and subsequently returned.

==Languages==
[[Antiguan and Barbudan Creole]], [[Antiguan and Barbudan English|English]]

==Religion==
Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 8.2%, other 12.2%, unspecified 5.5%, none 5.9% (2011 est.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://statistics.gov.ag/}} *&ndash; National Bureau of Statistics of Antigua & Barbuda
* [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/antigua-and-barbuda/ Antigua & Barbuda profile] &ndash; Caribbean Community Statistics

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