Urban population share in Antigua and Barbuda

24.3% of people in Antigua and Barbuda lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Antigua and Barbuda, 2025 24.3% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 24.4%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 206th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Antigua and Barbuda over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Antigua and BarbudaWorld
2025 24.3% 57.8%
2024 24.4% 57.6%
2023 24.5% 57.3%
2022 24.5% 57.1%
2021 24.6% 56.8%
2020 24.6% 56.4%
2019 24.7% 56.1%
2018 24.8% 55.8%
2017 24.9% 55.3%
2016 24.9% 54.9%
2015 25.0% 54.4%
2014 25.1% 53.9%
2013 25.2% 53.4%
2012 25.5% 52.9%
2011 25.7% 52.5%
2010 26.0% 51.8%
2009 26.5% 51.4%
2008 27.1% 50.9%
2007 27.7% 50.4%
2006 28.4% 49.9%
2005 29.2% 49.4%
2004 29.9% 48.9%
2003 30.6% 48.4%
2002 31.2% 47.8%
2001 31.8% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 24.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 25.0%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Antigua and Barbuda has the 206th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Antigua and Barbuda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects