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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 364 km
PeoplePopulation: 203,505 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.06% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 16.23 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.26 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mixed African 85%, Carib Indian, European, Latin, Oriental 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)
Government
Names:
Type: part of the Dutch realm; full autonomy in internal affairs grantedin 1954 Capital: Willemstad Independence: none (part of the Dutch realm) Constitution: 29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, as amended
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.85 billion National product real growth rate: 1.8% National product per capita: $10,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% Unemployment rate: 13.4%
Electricity:
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