Editing Demographics of the Netherlands Antilles

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[[Demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of the former [[Netherlands Antilles]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

== Population of the Islands ==

According to the official estimates of the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands Antilles, the five islands had a combined population of 211,871 as at 1 January 2013. The population of the individual islands was as follows:  	
	
*[[Bonaire]] - 17,408
*[[Curaçao]] - 154,843
*[[Saba (island)|Saba]] - 1,991
*[[Sint Eustatius]] - 4,020
*[[Sint Maarten]] - 33,609

For comparison: [[Aruba]] - 103,400

== CIA World Factbook demographic statistics ==

[[Image:Netherlands-antilles-demo.png|thumb|right|300px|Population of the Netherlands Antilles in thousands, 1961–2003.]]

The following demographic statistics are from the [[CIA World Factbook]], unless otherwise indicated.
The [[Capital city|capital]] and largest city was [[Willemstad]].

Age structure:
* 0–14 years: 23,9% (male 27 197; female 25 886)
* 15–64 years: 67.3% (male 71 622; female 77 710)
* 65 years and over: 8.7% (male 7 925; female 11 396) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0,79% (2006 est.)

[[Birth rate]]: 14,78 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[[Death rate]]: 6,45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[[Net migration rate]]: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[[Human sex ratio]]:
* at birth: 1,05 male(s)/female
* under 15 years: 1,05 male(s)/female
* 15–64 years: 0,92 male(s)/female
* 65 years and over: 0,7 male(s)/female
* total population: 0,93 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

[[Infant mortality]] rate: 9,76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

[[Life expectancy]] at birth:
* total population: 76,03 years
* male: 73,76 years
* female: 78,41 years (2006 est.)

[[Total fertility rate]]: 1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)

[[Nationality]]:
* '''[[Dutch nationality law|by law]]: Dutch '''''(Nederlandse)''
* noun: Netherlands Antillean(s)
* adjective: Netherlands Antillean

[[Ethnic group]]s: mixed [[Black people|black]] 85%, [[Island Caribs|Carib]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian]], [[White people|white]], [[East Asian]] 15%

[[Religion]]s: [[Roman Catholic]] 72%, [[Pentecostal]] 4,9%, [[Protestant]] 3.5%, [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] 3,1%, [[Methodist]] 2,9%, other Christian 4,2%, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] 1,7%, [[Jewish]] 1,3%

[[Language]]s: [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]] and [[Papiamento]] are official languages. [[Papiamento]] (a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-West African [[creole language|creole]] with Dutch and Spanish influence) predominates on Curaçao and Bonaire, while  English is widely spoken.  English is the most commonly spoken language on Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius.

[[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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