Demographics of Anguilla

This is a demography of the population of Anguilla including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Census population and average annual growth rate
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1871	2,800	—
1881	3,200	+1.34%
1891	3,700	+1.46%
1901	3,900	+0.53%
1911	4,100	+0.50%
1921	4,200	+0.24%
1946	5,000	+0.70%
1960	5,810	+1.08%
1974	6,519	+0.83%
1984	6,680	+0.24%
1992	8,960	+3.74%
2001	11,561	+2.87%
2011	13,452	+1.53%
Source:^[1]^[2]

Population

The estimated population of 2021 is 15,753 (the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects^[3]^[4]).

72% of the population is Anguillian while 28% is non-Anguillian (2001 census). Of the non-Anguillian population, many are citizens of the United States, United Kingdom, St Kitts & Nevis, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Nigeria.

2006 and 2007 saw an influx of large numbers of Chinese, Indian, and Mexican workers, brought in as labor for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labor requirements.^{[citation needed]}

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 11.V.2011): ^[5]

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	6 707	6 865	13 572	100
0–4	546	512	1 058	7.80
5–9	529	527	1 056	7.78
10–14	530	539	1 069	7.88
15–19	466	450	916	6.75
20–24	466	451	917	6.76
25–29	533	587	1 120	8.25
30–34	480	536	1 016	7.49
35–39	569	576	1 145	8.44
40–44	567	571	1 138	8.38
45–49	538	551	1 089	8.02
50–54	425	453	878	6.47
55–59	347	347	694	5.11
60–64	228	225	453	3.34
65-69	161	162	323	2.38
70-74	118	132	250	1.84
75+	204	246	450	3.32
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 605	1 578	3 183	23.45
15–64	4 619	4 747	9 366	69.01
65+	483	540	1 023	7.54

Vital statistics

^[6]^[7]^[8]	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1988	7.6	160			21.1
1989	8.0	189			23.7
1990	8.3	159			19.1
1991	8.7	172			19.8
1992	9.0	141			15.7
1993	9.3	171	59	112	18.5	6.4	12.1
1994	9.5	163	52	111	17.1	5.5	11.6
1995	9.8	167	54	113	17.0	5.5	11.5
1996	10.1	161	83	78	16.0	8.2	7.8
1997	10.3	169	56	113	16.4	5.4	11.0
1998	10.5	155	62	93	14.7	5.9	8.8
1999	10.8	176	58	118	16.3	5.4	10.9
2000	11.1	193	73	120	17.4	6.6	10.8
2001	11.4	183	50	133	16.1	4.4	11.7
2002	11.7	169	52	117	14.5	4.4	10.0
2003	12.0	139	65	74	11.6	5.4	6.2
2004	12.3	164	53	111	13.3	4.3	9.0
2005	12.6	167	58	109	13.2	4.6	8.6
2006	12.9	183	58	125	14.2	4.5	9.7
2007	13.1	148	70	78	11.3	5.3	5.9
2008	13.4	154	57	97	11.5	4.3	7.3
2009	13.6	181	59	122	11.3	3.7	7.6
2010	13.8	182	66	116	11.1	4.0	7.1
2011	13.572 (census)	185	55	130	13.6	4.3	9.3
2012	13.718	192	38	154	14.0	2.7	11.3
2013	13.864	165	72	93	11.9	4.9	7.0
2014	14.221	151	59	92	10.6	4.1	6.5
2015	14.862	165	61	104	11.1	4.1	7.0
2016	15.231	135	83	52	8.9	5.4	3.4
2017	15.068	145	69	76	9.6	4.6	5.0
2018	15.397	114	80	34	7.4	5.2	2.2
2019	15.602	130	91	39	8.3	5.8	2.5
2020	15.526	137	88	49	8.8	5.7	3.2
2021	15.701	157	70	87	10.0	4.5	5.5
2022	15.780	125	79	46	7.9	5.0	2.9
2023	15.931	119	95	24	7.5	6.0	1.5

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups of Anguilla (2011) ^[9]
Ethnic groups			percent
African/black			85.3%
Hispanic			4.9%
Mixed			3.8%
White			3.2%
Other			1.6%
East Indian/Indian			1%
Unspecified			0.3%

Languages

English (official).

The 2001 census found 11,329 were capable of carrying a conversation in English, and 101 were not. 82 of those spoke Spanish as a first language, 7 spoke Chinese.^[10]

The 2001 census found one heptalingual person, 13 pentalingual people, 35 quadrilingual people, 173 trilingual people, 881 bilingual people

The total numbers of speakers of each language were:

Language	Speakers
English	11,329
Spanish	738
French	342
Chinese	22
Italian	42
German	59
Dutch	95
Other	128

Religion

Anguilla is predominantly Christian, with more than 85% identifying themselves with a denomination of Christianity. Migration has also resulted in various other religions to make a presence in Anguilla.

Religion	2001 Census^[11]	2011 Census^[12]
Anglicans	3,313	3,077
Methodist	2,733	2,627
Pentecostal	878	1,421
Christianity	-	1,370
Seventh-day Adventist	871	1,312
Baptist	833	961
Roman Catholic	654	920
Church of God	869	664
Jehovah Witness	81	146
Evangelical	60	107
Rastafarian	85	74
Hinduism	45	58
Islam	36	43
Presbyterian	22	25
Judaism	16	19
Brethren	39	15
None	456	610
Other	400	263
Not Stated	39	40