Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento a
Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect predominates, English widely
spoken, Spanish
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99%
Labor force: 89,000
by occupation: government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)
@Netherlands Antilles:Government
Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Netherlands Antilles
local long form: none
local short form: Nederlandse Antillen
Digraph: NT
Type: part of the Dutch realm; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954
Capital: Willemstad
Administrative divisions: none (part of the Dutch realm)