Environment - current issues: water management - a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
Antigua has a deeply indented shoreline with many natural harbors
and beaches; Barbuda has a very large western harbor
People Antigua and Barbuda
Population:
69,108 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.6% (male 9,716/female 9,375)
15-64 years: 68.5% (male 23,801/female 23,524)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 1,020/female 1,672) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 30 years
male: 29.5 years
female: 30.5 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.55% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
16.93 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)