Netherlands Antilles People 2007

Population:
223,652 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.6% (male 27,020/female 25,726)
15-64 years: 67.4% (male 72,449/female 78,259)
65 years and over: 9% (male 8,243/female 11,955) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 33.1 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 34.8 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.777% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
14.56 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
6.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.926 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.929 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.24 years
male: 73.96 years
female: 78.65 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.99 children born/woman (2007 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)