Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration

Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration

Caribbean Netherlands Periods Population dynamics Population on 1 January (number) Population dynamics Live born children (number) Population dynamics Deaths (number) Population dynamics Natural increase (number) Population dynamics Other corrections (number) Population dynamics Population on 31 December (number) Population dynamics Population growth Population growth (number) Population dynamics Population growth Population growth, relative (%)
Caribbean Netherlands 2022 27,726 279 196 83 35 29,418 1,692 6.1
Bonaire 2022 22,573 229 156 73 31 24,090 1,517 6.7
St. Eustatius 2022 3,242 31 25 6 -2 3,293 51 1.6
Saba 2022 1,911 19 15 4 6 2,035 124 6.5
Source: CBS.
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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.

Changes as from 17 April 2023:
Figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Final figures for 2023 will be published in the second quarter of 2024.

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 on 1 January
Population refer to 1 January

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
The total number of people residing in the Caribbean Netherlands. 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.
Live born children
Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
On the islands of St. Eustatius and Saba, medical facilities for births are limited. Therefore, expectant mothers are often sent to the island of St. Maarten before delivery. Immigrants younger than 46 days are counted as births on the island where the parents migrated.
Deaths
Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths are counted according to the municipality where they last resided, not the municipality where the death occurred.
Natural increase
The number of live births minus the number of deaths.

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
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
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.
Population on 31 December
Population at the end of the year

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.