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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is Saint John's. About 96 thousand people live there, in an area of 442 square kilometres.
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Where is Antigua and Barbuda?
Antigua and Barbuda lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 898 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 153 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Antigua and Barbuda?
Antigua and Barbuda covers 442 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 5.9 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 181st largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 217.8 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Antigua and Barbuda?
About 96 thousand people live in Antigua and Barbuda.
That is the 183rd biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Eastern Caribbean dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 71 years.
The land of Antigua and Barbuda
Its coast runs for about 153 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 8 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Antigua and Barbuda different?
A dish the country is known for: Pepperpot and Fungee.
Websites from here often end in .ag.
Antigua and Barbuda and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Antigua and Barbuda.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 31st largest of 35 countries, and the 33rd most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?
The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is Saint John's. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Antigua and Barbuda?
About 96 thousand people live in Antigua and Barbuda, which makes it the 183rd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Antigua and Barbuda?
Antigua and Barbuda covers 442 square kilometres, making it the 181st largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 5.9 times bigger.
Which continent is Antigua and Barbuda in?
Antigua and Barbuda is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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