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People of Aruba

Population:100018
note: estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent with the 2000 census (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 19.7% (male 9,943/female 9,761)
15-64 years: 70.2% (male 33,553/female 36,661)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 4,046/female 6,054) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 37.3 years
male: 35.5 years
female: 39 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:1.522% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:12.83 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:7.61 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:10 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.019 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.915 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.668 male(s)/female
total population: 0.906 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 74.83 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 77.91 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.85 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: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban; Dutch
Ethnic groups:mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
Religions:Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, other (includes Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish) 10%
Languages:Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
Literacy:definition: NA
total population: 97.3%
male: 97.5%
female: 97.1% (2000 census)

Aruba Quickstats

  • Population: 100,018
  • Area: 193 sq km
  • Density: 571 /km² (18th)
  • GDP (total): $3.079 billion (182nd)
  • GDP (per capita): $23,299 (32nd)
  • Literacy: 97.3%

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  • Currency: Aruban florin (AWG2)
  • Dial code: +297

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