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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 68.5 km
PeoplePopulation: 65,974 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 14.6 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.17 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mixed European/Caribbean Indian 80% Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish
Literacy:
NA%
Government
Names:
Type: part of the Dutch realm; full autonomy in internal affairs obtainedin 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles Capital: Oranjestad Independence: none (part of the Dutch realm; in 1990, Aruba requested and receivedfrom the Netherlands cancellation of the agreement to automatically give independence to the island in 1996) Constitution: 1 January 1986
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.1 billion National product real growth rate: 5% National product per capita: $17,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% Unemployment rate: 0.6%
Electricity:
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