Population: 185,790 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.47% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 16.62 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 5.5 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 9.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.32 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 78.66 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.96 children born/woman (1994 est.)

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

Ethnic divisions: mixed African 85%, Carib Indian, European, Latin, Oriental

Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist

Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
total population: 94%
male: 94%
female: 93%
Labor force: 89,000
by occupation: government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands Antilles on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Antilles People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Antilles People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.