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Antigua And Barbuda

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Facts

Population:  66,970 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  27.97% (male 9,527; female 9,203) 15-64 years:  67.15% (male 22,450; female 22,519) 65 years and over:  4.88% (male 1,360; female 1,911) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.74% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  19.5 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  5.87 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.71 male(s)/female total population:  0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  22.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  70.74 years male:  68.45 years female:  73.14 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.31 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s) adjective:  Antiguan, Barbudan
Ethnic groups:  black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian
Religions:  Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, some Roman Catholic
Languages:  English (official), local dialects
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population:  89% male:  90% female:  88% (1960 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $533 million (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.6% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $8,200 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  4% industry:  12.5% services:  83.5% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.6% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  30,000
Labor force - by occupation:  commerce and services 82%, agriculture 11%, industry 7% (1983)
Unemployment rate:  7% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $122.6 million expenditures:  $141.2 million, including capital expenditures of $17.3 million (1997 est.)
Industries:  tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances)
Industrial production growth rate:  6% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:  95 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  88.4 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock
Exports:  $38 million (1998)
Exports - commodities:  petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%
Exports - partners:  OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and Tobago 2%, US 0.3%
Imports:  $330 million (1998)
Imports - commodities:  food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Imports - partners:  US 27%, UK 16%, Canada 4%, OECS 3%
Debt - external:  $357 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:  $2.3 million (1995)
Currency:  East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:  XCD
Exchange rates:  East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

Press

Antigua Sun, The

(independent), St. John's
http://www.antiguasun.com/

Observer, The

St John's
http://www.antiguaobserver.com/

Outlet Newspaper, The

St John's

Sun Weekend

(Independent), St. Johns
http://sun-weekend.com/

 
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