Population:
227,049 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.7% (male 26,429/female 25,162)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male 74,183/female 79,434)
65 years and over: 9.6% (male 8,875/female 12,966) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 33.7 years
male: 31.9 years
female: 35.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.732% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
14.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
6.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 93% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.65 years
male: 74.33 years
female: 79.09 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.97 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

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

Ethnic groups:
mixed black 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian)

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)

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)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 96.7%
female: 96.8% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2002)

Education expenditures:
NA