120,917 (July 2021 est.)
noun: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban; Dutch
Aruban 66%, Colombian 9.1%, Dutch 4.3%, Dominican 4.1%, Venezuelan 3.2%, Curacaoan 2.2%, Haitian 1.5%, Surinamese 1.2%, Peruvian 1.1%, Chinese 1.1%, other 6.2% (2010 est.)
note: data represent population by country of birth
Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)
Roman Catholic 75.3%, Protestant 4.9% (includes Methodist 0.9%, Adventist 0.9%, Anglican 0.4%, other Protestant 2.7%), Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, other 12%, none 5.5%, unspecified 0.5% (2010 est.)
0-14 years: 17.55% (male 10,524/female 10,437)
15-24 years: 12.06% (male 7,231/female 7,175)
25-54 years: 40.54% (male 23,387/female 25,029)
55-64 years: 14.79% (male 8,285/female 9,383)
65 years and over: 15.05% (male 7,064/female 10,913) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 47
youth dependency ratio: 25.6
elderly dependency ratio: 21.5
potential support ratio: 4.7 (2020 est.)
total: 39.9 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 41.5 years (2020 est.)
1.17% (2021 est.)
11.95 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
8.54 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
8.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
most residents live in or around Oranjestad and San Nicolaas; most settlments tend to be located on the less mountainous western side of the island
urban population: 43.9% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 0.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
total: 12.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.89 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 77.76 years
male: 74.66 years
female: 80.93 years (2021 est.)
1.83 children born/woman (2021 est.)
improved: urban: 98.1% of population
rural: 98.1% of population
total: 98.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.9% of population
rural: 1.9% of population
total: 1.9% of population (2015 est.)
improved: urban: 97.7% of population
rural: 97.7% of population
total: 97.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 2.3% of population
rural: 2.3% of population
total: 2.3% of population (2015 est.)
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5.5% of GDP (2016)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 97.8%
female: 97.8% (2018)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2012)
NOTE: The information regarding Aruba on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Aruba 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Aruba 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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