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Netherlands Antilles:
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Other pages in this profile of the Netherlands Antilles:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
223,652 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 23.6% (male 27,020/female 25,726) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 72,449/female 78,259) 65 years and over: 9% (male 8,243/female 11,955) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 33.1 years male: 31.4 years female: 34.8 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
0.777% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
14.56 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.926 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.929 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 9.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 76.24 years male: 73.96 years female: 78.65 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.99 children born/woman (2007 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%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian) |
Religions |
Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2% (2001 census) |
Languages |
Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) |
Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 96.7% female: 96.8% (2003 est.) |
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