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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		43^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		1 275.0^a
Capital city		Philipsburg
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		40.6^d,e
Surface area (km2)		34^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		94.8^a
National currency		Neth. Ant. Guilder (ANG)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.8^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 367	1 240	1 573^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.5	-16.5	9.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	34 000.3	28 433.1	35 607.5^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	5.5	6.7	7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^i,j (% of GVA)	94.5	93.3	93^b
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	18	-290	-42^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	2.1	1.5	1.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.7	1.5	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	79.0 / 73.1	78.5 / 72.1	79.7 / 73.8^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.7 / 13.2	17.3 / 17.9	15.1 / 21.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	27.3 / 68.3^o	28.8 / 67.3^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	0.1^f
Under five mortality rate^k (per 1000 live births)	16	16	14.5^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	49	58	80^f
Forested area (% of land area)	2.4^p	10.9^p	10.9^q
CO2 emission estimates^p (million tons/tons per capita)	0.8 / 19.0	0.7 / 15.4	0.7 / 15.9^q
Energy supply per capita^p (Gigajoules)	289	238	245^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^r (000)	505	106	373^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	5.1	5.1	5.1^f

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Netherlands Antillean Guilder.
d		Refers to the total population of Sint Maarten.
e		2018
f		2023
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Agricultural services and related activities such as cotton ginning and pressing are included in Manufacturing.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
k		For statistical purposes, the data for Netherlands do not include this area.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Estimate.
q		2021
r		Arrivals by air. Including arrivals to Saint Martin (French part).