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Nationality: noun: Curacaoan
adjective: Curacaoan; Dutch

Ethnic groups:
Afro-Caribbean majority; Dutch, French, Latin American, East Asian, South Asian, Jewish minorities

Languages:
Papiamentu (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 81.2%, Dutch (official) 8%, Spanish 4%, English 2.9%, other 3.9% (2001 census)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 80.1%, Protestant 11.2% (Pentecostal 3.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.2%, other Protestant 5.5%), none 4.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.7%, Jewish 0.8%, other 1.3%, not reported 0.3% (2001 census)

Population:
146,836 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.6% (male 15,342/female 14,645)
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15-24 years: 15.4% (male 11,599/female 10,790)
25-54 years: 38.5% (male 26,869/female 29,348)
55-64 years: 12.6% (male 8,059/female 10,259)
65 years and over: 13% (male 7,833/female 11,090) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 50.1 %
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youth dependency ratio: 29 %
elderly dependency ratio: 21 %
potential support ratio: 4.8 (2013)

Median age:
total: 36.2 years
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male: 32.7 years
female: 39.9 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
NA
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Birth rate:
NA
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Death rate:
8 deaths/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 100
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Net migration rate:
1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008)
country comparison to the world: 52
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Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female
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0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total: NA
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males: 72.4 years
females: 80.1 years (2009)

Total fertility rate:
2.09 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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