_#_Religion: predominantly Roman Catholic; Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist

_#_Language: Dutch (official); Papiamento, a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect predominates; English widely spoken; Spanish

_#_Literacy: 94% (male 94%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981)

_#_Labor force: 89,000; government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)

_#_Organized labor: 60-70% of labor force

_*Government #_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: part of the Dutch realm—full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954

_#_Capital: Willemstad

_#_Administrative divisions: none (part of the Dutch realm)

_#_Independence: none (part of the Dutch realm)