Netherlands Antilles People:
Population:
219,958 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.2% (male:27,302; female:26,002)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male:70,838; female:77,148)
65 years and over: 8.5% (male:7,673; female:10,995) (2005)
Median age:
total: 32.46 years
male: 30.86 years
female: 34.01 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.82% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
15 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.41 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.4 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 10.03 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 10.82 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 9.19 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 75.83 years (2005 est.)
male: 73.58 years
female: 78.2 years
Total fertility rate:
2 children born/woman (2005 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%, 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)
Languages:
Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 65.4%, English (widely spoken) 15.9%, Dutch (official) 7.3%, Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 96.7%
female: 96.8% (2003)
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