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Born in Antigua and Barbuda

About 1 in 120,100 people born in 2023 started life in Antigua and Barbuda. A boy can expect to live 75 years and a girl 80, up from 56 and 60 in 1950. Fewer than half of people live in cities, and nearly everyone has basic drinking water.

1 in 120,100
odds of being born here
1,100 births · Ranked 199th of 230
75 / 80
years of life, boys / girls
Was 56 / 60 in 1950
$28,712
income per person a year
2021 dollars · Ranked 29th of 203
24%
live in a city
Most live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 20 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 120 in every 1,000 births to 9.3.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

0255075100195019852023

Years a baby born that year could expect to live.

Children who die before age 5
050100150195019852023

In every 1,000 births.

Life expectancy at birth74.5 years for boys, 80.3 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 59.3 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024
Deaths a year1,000UN WPP 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people2.9World Bank WDI
Children immunized against measles94%World Bank WDI
Adults living with HIV1.1%World Bank WDI
New tuberculosis cases a year1 per 100,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI

Family

Women had 5.1 children on average in 1950. Now it is 1.6, below the 2.1 it takes to keep a population steady.

Children per woman
0246195019852023

Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman1.58UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth28.3 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

Economic output per personabout $28,712 a year (2021 dollars, adjusted for prices)World Bank WDI
Price rises5.1% a year (2023)World Bank WDI
Growth in output per person3.3% (2023)World Bank WDI
Secondary school enrolment109% (can pass 100 when older students are counted)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is Saint John’s, with 51,737 people.

24%
live in cities
100%
have electricity at home
99%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
Saint John’s51,737
Languages
Share of people who can use each
English86%
Portuguese2%
English is official.

People on the move

About 14% as many people born here live abroad as live here. The most common destinations are United States Virgin Islands, Guinea, British Virgin Islands.

Where people born here live abroad
By country of residence, 2024
United States Virgin Islands4,590
Guinea4,134
British Virgin Islands970
Residents born abroad32.5% (2024)World Bank WDI
People born here who live abroadequal to 14.0% of the people who live hereUN DESA migrant stock
Where they go mostUnited States Virgin Islands (4,590), Guinea (4,134), British Virgin Islands (970)UN DESA migrant stock
Money sent home from abroadabout $22.0 million a year (2025)World Bank WDI

Safety nets

84% of older people receive a pension. Help for someone who loses a job reaches 0%.

84%
of older people receive a pension (2020)
0%
of unemployed people receive a benefit (2020)

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Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 2024146Our World in Data, from WHO

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