Population: 13,254 (July 2005 est.)

Capital: The Valley

Languages: English (official)

Religions: Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census)

Government: NA

Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds

Terrain: flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone

Geography: the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles

Ethnic groups: black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.6% (2001 Census)

Economy: Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry, which has spurred the growth of the construction sector, has contributed to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.

GDP per capita: purchasing power parity - $7,500 (2002 est.)

GDP real growth: 2.8% (2001 est.)

Unemployment rate: 8% (2002)

Internet country code: .ai

Dial code: +264