| Population | 223,652 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.6% (male 27,020/female 25,726)
15-64 years: 67.4% (male 72,449/female 78,259)
65 years and over: 9% (male 8,243/female 11,955) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 33.1 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 34.8 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.777% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 14.56 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.926 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.929 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 9.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.24 years
male: 73.96 years
female: 78.65 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.99 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | NA |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
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| Nationality | noun: Dutch Antillean(s)
adjective: Dutch Antillean |
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| Ethnic groups | mixed black 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian) |
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| Religions | Roman Catholic 72%, Pentecostal 4.9%, Protestant 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, Methodist 2.9%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, other Christian 4.2%, Jewish 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.2%, none 5.2% (2001 census) |
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| Languages | Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) |
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| 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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