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Anguilla

Latin America and the Caribbean

All indicators of the Macroscope base for Anguilla, with sources. Below: what past UN and IMF releases projected and what actually happened.

Population
14.4k
persons, 1 July, 2023
Births
0.13k
births per year, 2023
Total fertility rate
1.36
children per woman, 2023

What the data shows

Computed with the same code as the observations under the main chart and in the API (get_insights). Moving together in time does not prove a cause.

How the indicators changed

  • Fertility (TFR): 6.49 in 1950 → 1.36 in 2023 (−79%). Peak: 7.09 in 1957; the latest value is 81% lower. Thresholds: below 2.1 since 1992, below 1.5 since 2014. The trend broke around 1961 and 1986: +0.03 → −0.19 → −0.03 a year.
  • Births: 0.26k in 1950 → 0.13k in 2023 (−49%). Peak: 0.28k in 1953; the latest value is 54% lower. The trend broke around 1984 and 2001: 0k → 0k → 0k a year.
  • Population: 5k in 1950 → 14.4k in 2023 (×2.9). The trend broke around 1984 and 2008: +0.04k → +0.26k → +0.11k a year.

What changed at the same time

  • The fastest decline of "Fertility (TFR)" was in 1967–1977: 6.15 → 3.75. Over the same years: births 0.23k → 0.17k; population 6.13k → 6.54k.
  • Over the last 10 years (2013–2023): fertility (TFR) 1.55 → 1.36; births 0.14k → 0.13k; population 13.3k → 14.4k.

Forecasts vs actual

  • Fertility (TFR): past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 0 of 1 revisions (2022–2022) and above in 1; median gap +7.1%.
  • Fertility (TFR): UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 1.41 (+3% vs 2023), 2100 — 1.50 (+10% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 1.00.
  • Births: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 1 of 1 revisions (2022–2022) and above in none; median gap −10%.
  • Births: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 0.1k (−22% vs 2023), 2100 — 0.06k (−52% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 0.02k.
  • Population: past UN projections. The outcome was below the projection in 11 of 12 revisions (1998–2022) and above in 1; median gap −7.1%.
  • The UN 1998 projection did not expect today's level (14.4k, 2023) before its horizon ended (2030).
  • The UN 2006 projection expected this level (14.4k) already around 2017: reality is 6 years behind it.
  • Population: UN 2024 projection (medium): 2050 — 14.6k (+1% vs 2023), 2100 — 9.31k (−35% vs 2023); low variant for 2100: 5.96k.

UN projections vs actual

Solid line: actual data, UN WPP 2024 estimates to 2023, then national statistics where comparable with the UN. Dashed: medium variants of past UN revisions. The table shows what each revision expected for the latest year (or five-year period) with actual data.

Population

persons, 1 July
Anguilla: PopulationActual 2023: 14.4k5k10k15k20k25k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 1998
  • UN 2000
  • UN 2002
  • UN 2004
  • UN 2006
  • UN 2008
  • UN 2010
  • UN 2012
  • UN 2015
  • UN 2017
  • UN 2019
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 1998202325 years10.8k14.4k+33.8%
UN 2000202323 years18.5k14.4k−22%
UN 2002202321 years15.6k14.4k−7.9%
UN 2004202319 years15.2k14.4k−5.1%
UN 2006202317 years15.3k14.4k−5.5%
UN 2008202315 years18.2k14.4k−20.9%
UN 2010202313 years17.8k14.4k−19.1%
UN 2012202311 years15.5k14.4k−7%
UN 201520238 years15.5k14.4k−6.9%
UN 201720236 years15.5k14.4k−7.2%
UN 201920234 years15.3k14.4k−6%
UN 202220231 year15.9k14.4k−9.4%

Births

births per year
Anguilla: BirthsActual 2023: 0.13k0.12k0.14k0.16k0.18k0.2k19902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year0.15k0.13k−10.3%

Total fertility rate

children per woman
Anguilla: Total fertility rateActual 2023: 1.361.21.41.61.822.219902000201020202030
  • Actual
  • UN 2022
  • UN 2024, medium
ReleaseTarget periodHorizonExpectedActualActual vs expected
UN 202220231 year1.271.36+7.1%

All indicators

Demography

Population

14.4k persons, 1 July latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Population1950: 5k; 2023: 14.4k05k10k15k20k19501975200020252050

Population on 1 July. UN estimate to 2023, medium variant from 2024; past UN revisions for forecast checks.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Births

0.13k births per year latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Births1950: 0.26k; 2023: 0.13k00.1k0.2k0.3k19501975200020252050

Live births per calendar year. UN WPP 2024 and national statistics (64 countries, 2015-2025).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Total fertility rate

1.36 children per woman latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Total fertility rate1950: 6.49; 2023: 1.360.002.004.006.008.0019501975200020252050

Average number of children a woman would have at the age-specific fertility rates of the year.

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, women

82.7 years latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Life expectancy at birth, women1950: 59.9; 2023: 82.702040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn girl would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Life expectancy at birth, men

76 years latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Life expectancy at birth, men1950: 50.4; 2023: 7602040608010019501975200020252050

Years a newborn boy would live at the mortality rates of the year (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Median age

38 years latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Median age1950: 18.9; 2023: 380102030405019501975200020252050

Age that divides the population in two halves (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Mean age of mothers at childbirth

28.2 years latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Mean age of mothers at childbirth1950: 28; 2023: 28.2010203019501975200020252050

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children of any order (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Sex ratio at birth

103.6 boys per 100 girls latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Sex ratio at birth1950: 103.2; 2023: 103.605010015019501975200020252050

Boys born per 100 girls born (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Net migration

0.2k persons per year latest value, 2023

Anguilla: Net migration1950: 0k; 2023: 0.2k−1k−0.5k00.5k1k19501975200020252050

Immigrants minus emigrants per year (UN estimate and projection).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Old-age dependency

15.3 persons 65+ per 100 aged 20-64 latest value, 2020

Anguilla: Old-age dependency1950: 7.8; 2020: 15.3020406019501975200020252050

Persons aged 65+ per 100 aged 20-64, every five years (UN).

Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024

Same region: Latin America and the Caribbean