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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		31^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		95.5^a,b
Capital city		Kralendijk
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		11.3^c,d
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		105.6^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	-0.1	3.1	2^b
Urban population (% of total population)	74.8	75^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.2^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	1.3	1.7	1.4^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	80.7 / 75.4	80.0 / 75.0	80.5 / 75.6^b
Population age distribution^a,g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.5 / 16.6	16.9 / 20.1	15.7 / 22.1^b
International migrant stock^h (000/% of total pop.)	24.6 / 100.0	26.5 / 100.0	30.7 / 100.0ⁱ
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^j,k,l	...	...
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	12.3	12.9	12^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	55	67	102ⁱ
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0^m	5.9^m	5.9ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates^m (million tons/tons per capita)	0.1 / 5.3	0.1 / 5.2	0.1 / 5.2ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^m,n
Energy supply per capita^m (Gigajoules)	79	76	76ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	62.5	62.5	62.5ⁱ

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for Netherlands do not include this area.
b		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
c		Refers to the island of Bonaire.
d		2018
e		2019
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		The estimates of migrant stock for 1990 to 2000 refer to the former Netherlands Antilles. The estimates of the migrant stock for 2005 refer to the former Netherlands Antilles without Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
i		2024
j		Bonaire only.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2010
m		Estimate.
n		2022