Country comparison to the world: 106th Male: 30.7 years Female: 34.4 years (2020 est.) Birth rate 15.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 113th Death rate 5.63 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 177th Total fertility rate 1.96 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 117th Net migration rate 2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 49th Population growth rate 1.17% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 84th Population distribution The island of Antigua is home to approximately 97% of the population; nearly the entire population of Barbuda lives in Codrington Languages English (official), Antiguan creole Religions 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.) Life expectancy at birth Total population: 77.6 years Country comparison to the world: 92nd male: 75.4 years female: 79.9 years (2021 est.) Urbanization urban population: 24.4% of total population (2020) rate of urbanization: 0.55% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) Dependency ratios Total dependency ratio: 45.3 (2020 est.) Youth dependency ratio: 31.8 (2020 est.) Elderly dependency ratio: 13.6 (2020 est.) Potential support ratio: 7.4 (2020 est.) Education expenditures 2.5% of GDP (2009) Country comparison to the world: 160th Obesity - adult prevalence rate 18.9% (2016) Country comparison to the world: 113rd Literacy Definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling Total population: 99% Male: 98.4% Female: 99.4% (2015) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) Total: 15 years Male: 14 years Female: 16 years (2012) References Society of Antigua and Barbuda