Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean
hurricane belt, so are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and
Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October
international agreements: party to - Whaling (extended from
Netherlands)
People ———
Population: 208,968 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Population growth rate: 1.03% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 15.98 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 5.29 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.96 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)