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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2019)		42
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		1 246.7
Capital city		Philipsburg
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		40.6^e,f
Surface area (km2)		34^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.7^b,c
National currency		Neth. Ant. Guilder (ANG)^d
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.8^f

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	708	896	1 072^g
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	...	1.1	-8.4^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	21 762.5	27 064.7	27 115.5^g
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	0.3	0.1	0.1^g
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	16.4	13.4	9.2^g
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	83.3	86.5	90.7^g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	...	...	63^f

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.4	0.4	3.1ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.4	0.4	3.1ⁱ
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	... / ...	77.2 / 72.0^j	77.1 / 69.2^k,l
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	... / ...	... / ...	21.0 / 10.4^b,l
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	13.1 / 40.3	26.2 / 79.1	28.3 / 70.4^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0^m	~0.0^f

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Threatened species (number)	...	...	55
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	... / ...	... / ...	0.7 / 19.5^c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	...	...	302^n,g
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	468	443	402^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	6.4	6.4	6.4^f

Footnotes

a		2017
b		De jure population.
c		2014
d		Netherlands Antillean Guilder.
e		Refers to the total population of Sint Maarten.
f		2018
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2015
j		Data refers to a 3-year period up to and including the reference year.
k		Data refers to a 2-year period up to and including the reference year.
l		2013
m		Data as at the end of December.
n		Estimate.
o		Arrivals by air. Including arrivals to Saint Martin (French part).