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Antigua

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Capital:	Saint John's
Area size:	440 sq. km Slightly smaller than the Isle of Man
Time zone:	GMT -4
Currency:	East Caribbean dollar
Area code:	(+) 268
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English (official), but in daily life a local Patois dialect is spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
The majority of Antiguans and Barbudans are of African descent (91 percent). There are also Europeans, Mestizo, Indo-Pakistani and Syrian-Lebanese minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Protestant (74 percent), Catholics (11 percent), Jehovah's Witnesses (one percent) and Rastafarians (one percent)
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	40.0 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	39.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	39.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	38.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	38.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	37.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	37.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	37.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1951
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Average life expectancy

2005	No data available years
2004	No data available years
2003	No data available years
2002	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2006	10 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	11 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	11 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	11 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	12 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	12 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	13 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	11 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	12 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	15 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	57	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	No data available
2003	60	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	55	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	56	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	52	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2006	No data available percent
1996-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	No data available percent
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	10 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water

2004	91 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	91 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	91 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	95 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	95 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	95 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	85.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	86.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	86.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	448 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	472 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	478 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	484 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	480 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	501 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	1056 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	671 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	579 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	486 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	322 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	288 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	356 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	248 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	176 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	127 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	90 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	65 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	11050 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	10460 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	9900 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	9000 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	8240 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	8340 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	8100 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	No data available current US$ billions
2005	No data available current US$ billions
2004	No data available current US$ billions
2003	No data available current US$ billions
2002	No data available current US$ billions
2001	No data available current US$ billions
2000	No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth

2005	No data available percent
2004	7.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	5.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	2.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.4� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	3.3� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2005	No data available percent
2004	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	-1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	4.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	17 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	105 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	17 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	19	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	13	UNHCR
2004	8	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	3.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	3.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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