| Population |
218,126 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 24.5% (male 27,387; female 26,094)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 70,024; female 76,552)
65 years and over: 8.3% (male 7,443; female 10,626) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 32.1 years
male: 30.6 years
female: 33.6 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.86% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
15.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 10.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 11.18 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 75.6 years
male: 73.37 years
female: 77.95 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
2.02 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
NA |
| Nationality |
noun: dutch antillean(s)
adjective: dutch 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 |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: netherlands antilles
local long form: none
former: curacao and dependencies
local short form: nederlandse antillen |