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Antigua and Barbuda — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.46%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -72.2% since 1961
Population growth for Antigua and Barbuda was 0.46% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.07% in 1996. The lowest was -0.51% in 1987 (about -1.1× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.98% per year.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 141 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Antigua and Barbuda sits below it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.46%
First (1961)
1.67%
Change
-72.2%
Highest
2.07%
in 1996
Lowest
-0.51%
in 1987
Average
0.81%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.98%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.46% |
| 2024 | 0.49% |
| 2023 | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 0.55% |
| 2020 | 0.53% |
| 2019 | 0.48% |
| 2018 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.55% |
| 2016 | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 0.72% |
| 2014 | 0.79% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.