People

Population: 205 693 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 26% (male 27 001; female 26 091)

15-64 years: 67% (male 64 964; female 72 329)

65 years and over: 7% (male 6 393; female 8 915) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.06% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 17.61 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 6.63 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.43 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 12.95 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 74.05 years

male: 71.99 years

female: 76.2 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.11 children born/woman (1998 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 dialect predominates English widely spoken Spanish

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98%

male: 98%

female: 99% (1981 est.)