Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles

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Demographics of Netherlands Antilles, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population: 221 736 (July 2006 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: 23,9% (male 27 197; female 25 886)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 71 622; female 77 710)
65 years and over: 8.7% (male 7 925; female 11 396) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0,79% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 14,78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 6,45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1,05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1,05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0,92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0,7 male(s)/female
total population: 0,93 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 9,76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76,03 years
male: 73,76 years
female: 78,41 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1,99 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Netherlands Antillean(s)
adjective: Netherlands Antillean

Ethnic groups: mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian

Religions: Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4,9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-day Adventist 3,1%, Methodist 2,9%, other Christian 4,2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1,7%, Jewish 1,3%

Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, Spanish, English widely spoken

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96,7%
male: 96,7%
female: 96,8% (2003 est.)

See also : Netherlands Antilles