List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean

This a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean Region.

The Caribbean Region can be taken to mean all the countries in and around the Caribbean Sea that lies within an area that stretches from Grand Bahama Island in the north to Curaçao in the south, and French Guiana in the east to Belize in the west.This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) form north to south, and over 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres) from east to west. Ignoring the Central and South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea (whose cultural and linguistic heritage sets their history out of the scope of the region) there is a total of sixteen independent or sovereign states and nine island groupings that remain dependencies in one form or another, of the United Kingdom, France, the USA, and the Netherlands.[1]

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Sovereign States

Most sovereign states in the caribbean (and one British dependency) are apart of the Caribbean Community which is an internation organisation formed to promote regional integration and collaboration among member states.

  Member of the Caribbean Community only
  Member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community
Name (official name) Flag Capital Currency Official languages Area (km2) Population GDP per capita (PPP) (US$) Map
Antigua and Barbuda[2] St. John's East Caribbean dollar English 440 85,632 17,892 [[File:|150px]]
The Bahamas (The Commonwealth of The Bahamas)[3] Nassau Bahamian dollar English 13,878 330,000 26,473

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Barbados [4] Bridgetown Barbadian dollar English 431 284,589 18,130 [[File:|150px]]
Costa Rica [5](Republic of Costa Rica) San José Costa Rican colón Spanish 51,100 4,253,897 10,579 [[File:|150px]]
Colombia [6](Republic of Colombia) Bogotá Colombian peso Spanish 1,138,910 45,586,233 8,936 [[File:|150px]]
Cuba[7] (Republic of Cuba) Havana Cuban peso Spanish 109,886 11,236,444 9,700 [[File:|150px]]
Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica) [8] Roseau East Caribbean dollar English, French, Antillean Creole 754 72,660 10,177 [[File:|150px]]
Dominican Republic [9] Santo Domingo Dominican peso Spanish, 48,442 10,090,000 8,896[5] [[File:|150px]]
Grenada [10] St. George's East Caribbean dollar English 344 110,000 10,712 [[File:|150px]]
Guatemala[11] ( Republic of Guatemala) Guatemala City Guatemalan quetzal Spanish and 22 indigenous languages 108,890 13,276,517 4,839 [[File:|150px]]
Guyana [12] (Co-operative Republic of Guyana) Georgetown Guyanese dollar English, 214,970 752,940 6,477 [[File:|150px]]
Haiti(Republic of Haiti) Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde French, Haitian Creole 27,750 9,035,536 1,338 [[File:|150px]]
Honduras [13](Republic of Honduras) Tegucigalpa Honduran lempira Spanish 112,492 7,810,848² 2,150 [[File:|150px]]
Jamaica [14] Kingston Jamaican dollar English 10,991 2,847,232 8,777 [[File:|150px]]
Nicaragua [15](Republic of Nicaragua) Managua Nicaraguan córdoba Spanish 130,373 5,891,199 2,627 [[File:|150px]]
Panama [16](Republic of Panama) Panama City Panamanian balboa, United States dollar Spanish 75,517 3,322,576 11,788 [[File:|150px]]
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis) [17] Basseterre
 East Caribbean dollar English 261 42,696 13,429 [[File:|150px]]
Saint Lucia [18] Castries East Caribbean dollar English 616 173,765 10,177 [[File:|150px]]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [19] Kingstown East Caribbean dollar English 389 120,000 9,976 [[File:|150px]]
Suriname (Republic of Suriname) [20] Paramaribo Surinamese dollar Dutch 163,821 481,267 8,642 [[File:|150px]]
Trinidad and Tobago [21](Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago dollar English 5,131 1,299,953 19,818 [[File:|150px]]
Venezuela [22](Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) Caracas Venezuelan bolívar Spanish 916,445 26,814,843 12,201 [[File:|150px]]

Dependent territories

Integral overseas territories

The Term "Caribbean"

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Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ Amerindians to Africans, (page one) published by Macmillan Caribbean http://www.macmillan-caribbean.com/home/Home.aspx
  2. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ac.html Cia account on Antigua and Barbuda
  3. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html Cia account on the Bahamas
  4. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html Cia account on Barbados
  5. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html CIA account of Costa Rica
  6. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html CIA account on Colombia
  7. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html Cia account on Cuba
  8. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/do.html Cia account on Dominica
  9. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html Cia account of the Dominican Republic
  10. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gj.html Cia account on Grenada
  11. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html CIA account on Guatemala
  12. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gy.html Cia account on Guyana
  13. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html CIA account on Honduras
  14. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html Cia account on jamica
  15. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html Nicaragua
  16. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html CIA accoint on Panama
  17. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sc.html Cia account on Saint Kitts and Nevis
  18. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/st.html Cia account on Saint Lucia
  19. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vc.html Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  20. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ns.html CIA account on Suriname
  21. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html CIA account of Trinidad and Tobago
  22. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html CIA account on Venezuela
  23. ^ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=caribbean (the meaning of the word "Caribbean")