Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Antigua and Barbuda

Urban population share in Antigua and Barbuda in 2025 — 24.3%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.2 pp.

2025 24.3% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 206of 217
Period maximum 39.6%1960
Period minimum 24.3%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Antigua and Barbuda, 1960–2025202530354019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.6%1962: 38.8%1964: 37.3%1966: 35.6%1968: 34.2%1970: 33.7%1972: 33.7%1974: 33.9%1976: 34.1%1978: 34.3%1980: 34.5%1982: 34.8%1984: 35%1986: 35.2%1988: 35.4%1990: 35.5%1992: 35.4%1994: 35%1996: 34.2%1998: 33.2%2000: 32.2%2002: 31.2%2004: 29.9%2006: 28.4%2008: 27.1%2010: 26%2012: 25.5%2014: 25.1%2016: 24.9%2018: 24.8%2020: 24.6%2022: 24.5%2024: 24.4%2025: 24.3%
Change over the period: −15.2 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda 24.3%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Antigua and Barbuda, by year Antigua and Barbuda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.3 −0.1 pp
2024 24.4 −0.1 pp
2023 24.5 −0.1 pp
2022 24.5 −0.1 pp
2021 24.6 −0.1 pp
2020 24.6 −0.1 pp
2019 24.7 −0.1 pp
2018 24.8 −0.1 pp
2017 24.9 −0.1 pp
2016 24.9 −0.1 pp
2015 25 −0.1 pp
2014 25.1 −0.2 pp
2013 25.2 −0.2 pp
2012 25.5 −0.2 pp
2011 25.7 −0.3 pp
2010 26 −0.5 pp
2009 26.5 −0.6 pp
2008 27.1 −0.7 pp
2007 27.7 −0.7 pp
2006 28.4 −0.7 pp
2005 29.2 −0.7 pp
2004 29.9 −0.7 pp
2003 30.6 −0.6 pp
2002 31.2 −0.5 pp
2001 31.8 −0.5 pp
2000 32.2 −0.5 pp
1999 32.7 −0.5 pp
1998 33.2 −0.5 pp
1997 33.7 −0.5 pp
1996 34.2 −0.4 pp
1995 34.6 −0.4 pp
1994 35 −0.3 pp
1993 35.2 −0.2 pp
1992 35.4 −0.1 pp
1991 35.5 +0 pp
1990 35.5 +0 pp
1989 35.5 +0.1 pp
1988 35.4 +0.1 pp
1987 35.3 +0.1 pp
1986 35.2 +0.1 pp
1985 35.2 +0.1 pp
1984 35 +0.1 pp
1983 34.9 +0.1 pp
1982 34.8 +0.1 pp
1981 34.7 +0.1 pp
1980 34.5 +0.1 pp
1979 34.4 +0.1 pp
1978 34.3 +0.1 pp
1977 34.2 +0.1 pp
1976 34.1 +0.1 pp
1975 33.9 +0.1 pp
1974 33.9 +0.1 pp
1973 33.8 +0.1 pp
1972 33.7 +0 pp
1971 33.7 +0 pp
1970 33.7 −0.1 pp
1969 33.8 −0.4 pp
1968 34.2 −0.6 pp
1967 34.8 −0.8 pp
1966 35.6 −0.9 pp
1965 36.4 −0.9 pp
1964 37.3 −0.8 pp
1963 38.1 −0.7 pp
1962 38.8 −0.5 pp
1961 39.3 −0.2 pp
1960 39.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.