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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		47^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		49.3^a,b
Capital city		Cockburn Town
Capital city pop. (000)		0.1^e
Surface area (km2)		948^c,d
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.1^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	942	925	1 402^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	11.3	-26.8	1.2^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	25 736.0	20 831.0	30 349.0^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	0.6	0.5	0.5^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	11.1	17.6	15.8^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	88.3	81.9	83.7^d
International trade: exports^f (million current US$)	5	4	3^g
International trade: imports^f (million current US$)	410	350	681^g
International trade: balance^f (million current US$)	-405	-346	-679^g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	154	173^h	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	5.1	1.9	0.7^b
Urban population (% of total population)	92.2	93.4ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.5^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	1.7	1.6	1.4^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	79.5 / 75.3	80.0 / 75.2	80.6 / 76.2^b
Population age distribution^a,k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.8 / 12.4	16.7 / 14.9	16.0 / 17.5^b
International migrant stock^l,m (000/% of total pop.)	22.7 / 62.1	25.7 / 58.0	28.5 / 61.1ⁿ
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0ⁿ
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	6.9	6.2	5.5^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	87.9 / 100.2	114.5 / 130.8	121.6 / 127.4^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	75.6 / 90.0	81.6 / 104.1	112.8 / 134.0^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.3 / 77.7	83.2 / 103.7	84.7 / 96.8^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.7^o	51.8	76.3^g

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	56	65	100ⁿ
Forested area (% of land area)	11.1^f	11.1^f	11.1^g
CO2 emission estimates^f (million tons/tons per capita)	0.3 / 8.8	0.4 / 8.3	0.4 / 8.1^g
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^f,g
Energy supply per capita^f (Gigajoules)	125	117	115^g
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	386	164	405^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.9	23.9	23.9ⁿ
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	46.5 / ...	46.5 / 55.7	46.5 / 55.7^g
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	... / ...	33.3 / 43.9	33.3 / 43.9^g

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for United Kingdom do not include this area.
b		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
c		Including low water level for all islands (area to shoreline).
d		2023
e		2001
f		Estimate.
g		2022
h		2018
i		2019
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in United Kingdom, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Montserrat, and Saint Helena.
m		Including refugees.
n		2024
o		2014
p		2021