Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration

Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration

Caribbean Netherlands Periods Population dynamics Population growth Population growth (number) Population dynamics Population growth Population growth, relative (%)
Caribbean Netherlands 2024 1,583 5.2
Bonaire 2024 1,419 5.6
St Eustatius 2024 66 2.1
Saba 2024 98 4.8
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains information about population developments due to birth, mortality and foreign migration on the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.
Since 10 October 2010, the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius have the status of 'special municipalities' of the Netherlands.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures:
All figures presented in the table are final.

Changed on 19 May 2025:
Figures for 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Final figures of 2025 will be published in the second quarter of 2026.

Description topics

Population dynamics
Changes in size, composition and / or location of the population.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
The total number of people residing in the CaribbeanNetherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a CN municipality.
The population registers do not include persons living in the Caribbean Netherlands who fall under exemption provisions regarding inclusion in the population registers (e.g. diplomats) and persons who do not legally reside in the Caribbean Netherlands.

Caribbean Netherlands
Residents of a municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba has had the status of a 'special municipality' of the Netherlands since 10 October 2010.
Population growth
The increase or decrease of the population.

Population growth
The increase or decrease of the population including other corrections

Population:
The total number of people residing in Caribbean Netherlands.
In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.

Other corrections:
Changes on personal data in the municipal population registers which does not exactly match the difference between the size and composition of the population in two subsequent years.
Population growth, relative
Population growth per 1,00 inhabitants on 1 January

Population:
The total number of people residing in Caribbean Netherlands.
In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.