Sint Maarten People - 2023

Population

45,677 (2023 est.)

Ethnic groups

Saint Maarten 29.9%, Dominican Republic 10.2%, Haiti 7.8%, Jamaica 6.6%, Saint Martin 5.9%, Guyana 5%, Dominica 4.4%, Curacao 4.1%, Aruba 3.4%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8%, India 2.6%, Netherlands 2.2%, US 1.6%, Suriname 1.4%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, Anguilla 1.1%, other 8%, unspecified 1.7% (2011 est.)

note:  data represent population by country of birth

Languages

English (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 est.)

Religions

Protestant 41.9% (Pentecostal 14.7%, Methodist 10.0%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.6%, Baptist 4.7%, Anglican 3.1%, other Protestant 2.8%), Roman Catholic 33.1%, Hindu 5.2%, Christian 4.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, Evangelical 1.4%, Muslim/Jewish 1.1%, other 1.3% (includes Buddhist, Sikh, Rastafarian), none 7.9%, no response 2.4% (2011 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.52% (male 4,379/female 4,082)

15-64 years: 67.18% (male 15,157/female 15,530)

65 years and over: 14.29% (2023 est.) (male 3,019/female 3,510)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 27.2

youth dependency ratio: 14.9

elderly dependency ratio: 12.3

potential support ratio: 8.1 (2021)

Median age

total: 41.1 years

male: 39.6 years

female: 42.7 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

1.19% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

12.41 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

5.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg), followed closely by Cul de Sac

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. est.)

Major urban areas - population

1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 7.81 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.5 years

male: 77.16 years

female: 81.95 years (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.97 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: total: 95.1% of population

unimproved: total: 4.9% of population (2017)

Current health expenditure

N/A

Physicians density

N/A

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 98.8% of population

unimproved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 1.2% of population (2017)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Education expenditures

N/A

Literacy

total population: NA

male: NA

female: NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2014)