| Population: |
100,018
note: estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent with the 2000 census (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 19.7% (male 9,943/female 9,761)
15-64 years: 70.2% (male 33,553/female 36,661)
65 years and over: 10.1% (male 4,046/female 6,054) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
1.522% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
12.83 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
7.61 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
10 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.019 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.915 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.668 male(s)/female
total population: 0.906 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 14.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 74.83 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 77.91 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.85 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA |
| Nationality: |
noun: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban; Dutch |
| Ethnic groups: |
mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20% |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, other (includes Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish) 10% |
| Languages: |
Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census) |
| Literacy: |
definition: NA
total population: 97.3%
male: 97.5%
female: 97.1% (2000 census) |
