| Population :
| 218,126 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 24,50%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 27 387.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 26 094.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 67,20%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 70 024.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 76 552.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 8,30%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 7 443.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 10 626.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 32.1 years .
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| Median age male :
| 30.6 years .
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| Median age female :
| 33.6 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.86% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 15.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.92 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.7 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.93 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 11.18 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 75.6 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 73.37 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 77.95 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.02 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| NA .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Dutch Antillean(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Dutch Antillean .
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| Ethnic groups :
| mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian .
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| Religions :
| Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist .
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| Languages :
| Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 96,70%.
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| Literacy male :
| 96,70%.
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| Literacy female :
| 96.8% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| parliamentary .
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| Independence :
| none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) .
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| National holiday :
| Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA in 1909 and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX in 1980), 30 April .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Tourism, petroleum refining, and offshore finance are the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world. Although GDP has declined or grown slightly in each of the past seven years, the islands enjoy a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure compared with other countries in the region. Almost all consumer and capital goods are imported, the US and Mexico being the major suppliers. Poor soils and inadequate water supplies hamper the development of agriculture. Budgetary problems hamper reform of the health and pension systems of an aging population. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (2000 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit .
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| Industries :
| tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao) .
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| Exports commodities :
| petroleum products .
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| Exports partners :
| US 26.2%, Venezuela 8.2%, Singapore 7.6%, Bahamas, The 7.3%, El Salvador 4.5%, Honduras 4.2% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA in 1909 and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX in 1980), 30 April .
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| Imports partners :
| Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA in 1909 and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX in 1980), 30 April .
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| Internet users :
| 2,000 (2000) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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