Demographics of Anguilla

This article is about the demographic features 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:

Population

The estimated mid-year population of 2014 is 14,500 (medium fertility scenario of The 2012 Revison of the World Population Prospects).

Population pyramid of Anguilla.

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 labour for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labour requirements.

Vital statistics

	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	14.0	185	55	130	13.7	4.1	9.6
2012	14.1	192	38	154	14.3	2.8	11.5
2013		165	72	93	12.2	5.3	6.9

Ethnic groups

The majority of residents (85.3%) are black, the descendants of slaves transported from Africa. Growing minorities include Chinese/Oriental (up 43, 0.5% total), East Indian (up 45, 1.0% total) and Hispanics (up 668, 4.9%). Because of this, the percentage of Blacks and Whites are declining rapidly, with Blacks going from 90.1% to 85.3% and whites dropping to 3.2% from 3.74%.

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.

The 2001 census found one heptalingual person, 13 pentalingual people, 35 quadralingual 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. The major denomination of Christianity in Anguilla as of the 2011 Census Anglicans with 22.7%(down 236). Other large Christian denominations are:

• 19.4% Methodist(down 106)
• 8.3% Seventh-Day Adventist(up 261)
• 7.1% Baptist(up 128)
• 6.8% Roman Catholic(up 266)

Migration has also resulted in various other religions to make a presence in Anguilla, with 1.3% coming from the following Religious Groups:

Religion	2001 Census	2011 Census
Rastafarian	85	74
Hinduism	45	58
Islam	36	43
Judaism	16	19

See Also

• Hinduism in the West Indies