Population 211,093 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 24% (male 26,496; female 25,267)
15-64 years : 68% (male 70,087; female 73,300)
65 years and over: 8% (male 6,694; female 9,249) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 0.99% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 15.61 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 5.33 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate -0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.18 years
male: 74.89 years
female: 79.59 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Netherlands Antillean(s)
adjective: Netherlands Antillean

Ethnic groups mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian

Religions Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist

Languages Dutch (official), Papiamento, a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialectpredominates, English widely spoken, Spanish

Literacy
definition : age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99% (1981 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands Antilles on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Antilles People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Antilles People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.