Sint Maarten People - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

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.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

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)

NOTE: The information regarding Sint Maarten on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sint Maarten 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sint Maarten 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.