Antigua and Barbuda: Urban population (% of total population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's urban population (% of total population) fell 0.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 24.39% to 24.33%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.13 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.88 percentage points in 1965. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda had the 207th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Antigua and Barbuda in the 2025 ranking

• Tajikistan — 203rd of 217: 26.16%
• Afghanistan — 204th of 217: 25.94%
• Burundi — 205th of 217: 25.69%
• Ethiopia — 207th of 217: 24.11%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 208th of 217: 22.48%
• Vanuatu — 209th of 217: 22.32%

What this measures

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Limitations: Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverage. Most countries use an urban classification related to the size or characteristics of settlements. Some define urban areas based on the presence of certain infrastructure and services. And other countries designate urban areas based on administrative arrangements. Because of national differences in the characteristics that distinguish urban from rural areas, the distinction between urban and rural population is not amenable to a single definition that would be applicable to all countries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 66 values

Urban population (% of total population) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 92.35% (2025)
• Aruba — 61.75% (2025)
• Bahamas, The — 81.33% (2025)
• Barbados — 59.7% (2025)
• Belize — 41.56% (2025)
• Bolivia — 71.56% (2025)
• Brazil — 88.18% (2025)
• British Virgin Islands — 57.4% (2025)
• Cayman Islands — 100% (2025)
• Chile — 89.18% (2025)

More environment data for Antigua and Barbuda

• Rural population — 71,285 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 75.67% (2025)
• Urban population — 22,924 (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 20 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 3,285 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 3,305 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.54% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.23% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 93 (2024)
• Agricultural land (% of land area)

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Questions people ask

What is Antigua and Barbuda's urban population (% of total population)?

24.33% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 15.23 percentage points from 39.57% in 1960. The highest value was 39.57% in 1960 and the lowest 24.33% in 2025.

How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?

207th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in urban population (% of total population) unusual for Antigua and Barbuda?

In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's urban population (% of total population) fell 0.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 24.39% to 24.33%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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