Population: 210,134 (July 2000 est.)
Cities: Capital--Willemstad.
Islands: Curacao (pop. 125,600, 2002) Sint Maarten (40,000), Bonaire (10,000), Sint Eustatius (1,500), Saba (1,000).
Age structure:
0-14 years:
25% (male 27,320; female 26,230)
15-64 years:
67% (male 66,653; female 73,813)
65 years and over:
8% (male 6,701; female 9,417) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.01% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 16.94 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 6.42 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female
total population:
0.92 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
74.72 years
male:
72.56 years
female:
76.99 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.09 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Netherlands Antillean(s)
adjective:
Netherlands Antillean
Ethnic groups: mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
98%
female:
99% (1981 est.)
- See also : Netherlands Antilles
