Experts from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust have been working with the Montserrat Department of Environment to conserve the frog in-situ in a project called "Saving the Mountain Chicken",[60] and an ex-situ captive breeding population has been set up in partnership with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Zoological Society of London, North of England Zoological Society, Parken Zoo and the Governments of Montserrat and Dominica. The total fertility rate is 1.8 children born/woman (2003 est.). The aboriginal population probably was made up of Arawak Indians who were killed off by Carib Indians by the time of Columbus's voyage in 1494. A field for the team was built near the airport by FIFA. that "The statement that 'the Irish language is spoken in the West India Islands, and that in some of them it may be said to be almost vernacular,' is true of the little Island of Montserrat, but has no foundation with respect to the other colonies. The geographer Thomas Jeffrey claimed in The West India Atlas (1780) that the majority of those on Montserrat were either Irish or of Irish descent, "so that the use of the Irish language is preserved on the island, even among the Negroes.

[14], In November 1493, Christopher Columbus passed Montserrat in his second voyage, after being told that the island was unoccupied due to raids by the Caribs. The birth rate is 17.57. [14] AIR Studios Montserrat closed, and the tourist economy was virtually wiped out. The IDB differs from some other online resources in several ways. They have also failed to ever qualify for the Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup. Settlements within the exclusion zone are no longer habitable. In common with many Caribbean islands, cricket is a very popular sport in Montserrat. In 1869 the family established the Montserrat Company Limited and planted Key lime trees, started the commercial production of lime juice, set up a school, and sold parcels of land to the inhabitants of the island. (1980) (1991) (2001) CARICOM: National Census Report Montserrat, 2009. [40], Corruption allegations within the PLM party resulted in the collapse of the Osborne government in 1991, with Reuben Meade becoming the new chief minister. Montserrat has a few tiny off-shore islands, such as Little Redonda off its north coast and Pinnacle Rock and Statue Rock off its east. [89][90] The league contains six teams, which are the Look-Out Shooters, Davy Hill Ras Valley, Cudjoe Head Renegades, St. Peters Hilltop, Salem Jammers and MSS School Warriors. [32][33], In 1857, the British philanthropist Joseph Sturge bought a sugar estate to prove it was economically viable to employ paid labour rather than slaves. These are July 2016 estimates. Montserrat 2011 Housing and Population Census. A letter by W. F. Butler in The Atheneum (15 July 1905) quotes an account by a Cork civil servant, C. Cremen, of what he had heard from a retired sailor called John O'Donovan, a fluent Irish speaker: He frequently told me that in the year 1852, when mate of the brig Kaloolah, he went ashore on the island of Montserrat which was then out of the usual track of shipping. [74] Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull) recorded the song "Montserrat" on The Secret Language of Birds in tribute to the volcanic difficulties and feeling among residents of being abandoned by the UK government. [54], For a number of years in the early 2000s, the volcano's activity consisted mostly of infrequent ventings of ash into the uninhabited areas in the south. Non-residential - Commercial & Retail - Vacancy, Nominal Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation), Real Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation).

[30], Britain abolished slavery in Montserrat and its other territories effective August 1834. The urban population of the country is now 478. Home » World Population » Montserrat Population. [55] Since 2014 the area has been split into multiple subzones with varying entry and use restrictions, based on volcanic activity: some areas even being (in 2020) open 24 hours and inhabited. [13] The native Caribs are believed to have called the island Alliouagana, meaning 'Land of the Prickly Bush'. As a British Overseas Territory (BOT), defence of Montserrat remains the responsibility of the United Kingdom. Going north to south, they are: The locations of settlements on the island have been vastly changed since the volcanic activity began. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom so the island has no regular army. [50] Cable and satellite television service is available. It is known as the ‘Lesser Antilles.’ The nickname of the place is the ‘emerald isle of the Caribbean.’ It is the same as the coastal Irelands. Since 2011, it handles several flights daily operated by Fly Montserrat Airways. A second ground has been constructed at Little Bay.