Area: 96$ sq km
Population: 14 731 inhab. (estimate 2018)
Density: 153.45 inhab./sq km
Coordinates: lat. 18° N; long. 63° W
Capital: The Valley (chief town) 1 298 inhab. (2011);
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (100 cents)
Premier: Ellis Webster (Anguilla Progressive Movement), since 30 June 2020
Internet: //gov.ai/statistics (Anguilla Statistics Department)
Member of Caricom associated
Anguilla

GMT -4
DST not applied

A colony since 1650 long associated with Saint Kitts and Nevis, it has been a British overseas territory since 1980. Its institutions (Governor, Executive Council, House of Assembly) are laid down by the Constitution of 1982, amended in 1990.
Geography.
Anguilla, a coral island in the Lesser Antilles, derives its name from its long, flat shape resembling an eel (Sp. anguilla). Administratively it includes the nearby island of Sombrero (5 km²) and other smaller islands.
Administrative division
Island | AREA | INHABITANTS | YEAR |
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Anguilla | 91$ sq km | 14 731 inhab. | 2018 |
Sombrero | 5$ sq km | - | - |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
The Valley | 1 298 | inhab. | 2011 |
Population
Population by age and gender (% - 2020) | ||||||||
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MALE | AGE | FEMALE |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Birth rate | 11.2 | ‰ | 2015 |
Death rate | 4.1 | ‰ | 2015 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
black | 85.3 | % | 2011 |
Hispanic | 4.9 | % | 2011 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Protestant | 34.8 | % | 2011 |
Anglican | 22.7 | % | 2011 |
DESCRIPTION |
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English |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
0-14 years | 21.5 | % | 2020 |
15-29 years | 20.4 | % | 2020 |
Economy
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Balance of trade | - 199.5 | M US$ | 2020 |
GDP | 379.58 | M US$ | 2019 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Expenses | 183.5 | M LCU | 2015 |
Revenues | 194.8 | M LCU | 2015 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
agriculture | 16.7 | % | 2013 |
industry and services | 83.3 | % | 2013 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
agriculture | 2.878 | % | 2019 |
industry | 11.809 | % | 2019 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Currency in circulation | 0.035 | BN LCU | 2020 |
International reserves | 52.807 | M US$ | 2020 |
Forests-Livestock-Fishing
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
crustaceans and molluscs | 305 | t | 2019 |
marine fishes | 453 | t | 2019 |
Tourism
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Expenditures | 15$ | M US$ | 2018 |
Number of arrivals | 95 000 | units | 2019 |
Social and welfare
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Expected years of schooling | 11.2 | years | 2008 |
Graduates | 11$ | units | 2007 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Students, primary level | 1 512 | units | 2019 |
Students, secondary level | 1 012 | units | 2019 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Physicians | 1.2 | per 1000 pop. | 2003 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis (prevalence) | 64$ | per 100 000 pop. | 2008 |
DESCRIPTION | VALUE | UNITS | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
Deforestation | 0$ | % | 2015-20 |
Forests | 61.111 | % | 2018 |