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Antigua & Barbuda
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: James Beethoven Carlisle (1993)
Prime Minister: Baldwin Spencer (2004)
Total area: 170 sq mi (440 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 69,108 (growth rate: 0.6%); birth rate: 16.9/1000;
infant mortality rate: 18.9/1000; life expectancy: 72.2; density per sq mi: 407
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): St. John's, 23,500
Other large cities: English Harbour, 2,900; Codrington (capital of Barbuda),
est. pop. 870
Monetary unit: East Caribbean dollar
Languages: English (official), local dialects
Ethnicity/race: black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian
Religions: Christian (predominantly Anglican and other Protestant; some Roman
Catholic)
Literacy rate: 89% (1960 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002 est.): $750 million; per capita $11,000. Real
growth rate: 3%. Inflation: 0.4% (2000 est.). Unemployment: 11% (2001 est.).
Arable land: 18.18%. Agriculture: cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts,
cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock. Labor force: 30,000; commerce and
services 82%, industry 11%, agriculture 7% (1983). Industries: tourism,
construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances).
Natural resources: negl.; pleasant climate fosters tourism. Exports: $214
million (2004 est.): petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and
transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%. Imports: $735
million (2004 est.): food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment,
manufactures, chemicals, oil. Major trading partners: Poland, UK, Germany,
China, U.S., Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago (2004).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 38,000 (2004); mobile cellular:
54,000 (2004). Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998).
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997). Internet hosts: 2,143 (2005). Internet
users: 20,000 (2005).
Transportation: Highways: total: 1,165 km, paved: 384 km, unpaved: 781 km
(2002). Ports and harbors: Saint John's. Airports: 3 (2005).
International disputes: none.
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