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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		31^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		93.5^a
Capital city		Kralendijk
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		11.3^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		106.1^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^d (average annual %)	-0.1	3.1	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	74.8	75^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.2^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total^d (live births per woman)	1.3	1.7	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth^d (females/males, years)	80.7 / 75.4	80.0 / 75.0	80.3 / 75.4^a
Population age distribution^g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.5 / 16.6	16.9 / 20.1	15.8 / 21.7^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	24.6 / 100.0	26.2 / 100.0	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^h,i,j	...	...
Under five mortality rate^d (per 1000 live births)	12.3	12.9	12.4^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	55	67	96^k
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0^l	5.9^l	5.9^m
CO2 emission estimates^l (million tons/tons per capita)	0.1 / 4.1	0.1 / 4.4	0.1 / 4.2^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^l,m
Energy supply per capita^l (Gigajoules)	65	66	64^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	62.5	62.5	62.5^k

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Refers to the island of Bonaire.
c		2018
d		For statistical purposes, the data for Netherlands do not include this area.
e		2019
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		Bonaire only.
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2010
k		2023
l		Estimate.
m		2021