Anguilla: People & Society#
Population | 16,752 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Anguillan(s) adjective: Anguillan |
Ethnic groups | African/black 85.3%, hispanic 4.9%, mixed 3.8%, white 3.2%, East Indian/Indian 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.) |
Languages | English (official) |
Religions | Protestant 73.2% (includes Anglican 22.7%, Methodist 19.4%, Pentecostal 10.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.3%, Baptist 7.1%, Church of God 4.9%, Presbytarian 0.2%, Brethren 0.1%), Roman Catholic 6.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 10.9%, other 3.2%, unspecified 0.3%, none 4.5% (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 22.48% (male 1,924/female 1,842) 15-24 years: 14.05% (male 1,176/female 1,178) 25-54 years: 44.32% (male 3,340/female 4,084) 55-64 years: 10.51% (male 834/female 926) 65 years and over: 8.64% (male 719/female 729) (2016 est.) |
Median age | total: 34.6 years male: 32.7 years female: 36.4 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 2% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 4.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 11.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | most of the population is concentrated in The Valley in the center of the island; settlmement is fairly uniform in the southwest, but rather sparce in the northeast |
Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.19% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | THE VALLEY (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.82 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.4 years male: 78.8 years female: 84.1 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.75 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 43% note: percent of women aged 15-45 (2003) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 94.6% of population rural: NA total: 94.6% of population unimproved: urban: 5.4% of population rural: NA total: 5.4% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.9% of population rural: NA total: 97.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.1% of population rural: NA total: 2.1% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Education expenditures | 2.8% of GDP (2008) |