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11) Aruba
Community
Area 180 square kilometres (land area 180 square kilometres)
Population,
4,500 (1890)
9,000 (1913)
39,318 (1944)
49,712 (1950)
54,200 (1960) +9.0%
59,100 (1970) +9.0%
60,100 (1980) +1.7%
62,100 (1990) +3.3%
90,900 (2000) +46.4%
101,700 (2010) +11.9%
106,800 (2020) +5.0%
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Mixed race |
Black |
|
2010 |
75.0 |
15.0 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
No religion |
|
2000 |
|
86.2 |
|
|
2015 |
10.5 |
75.3 |
5.5 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1960 |
4.8 |
35.7 (+29.3) |
|
6.4 |
43.8 |
2.5 |
50.8 |
|
1970 |
2.9 |
24.1 (+18.4) |
|
5.7 |
37.3 |
4.0 |
50.6 |
|
1980 |
2.4 |
22.0 (+15.6) |
|
6.4 |
26.5 |
6.9 |
50.5 |
|
1990 |
2.2 |
22.0 (+15.0) |
|
7.0 |
24.5 |
7.7 |
50.3 |
|
2000 |
1.9 |
14.0 (+7.0) |
|
7.0 |
23.2 |
7.6 |
46.7 |
|
2010 |
1.7 |
12.0 (+4.1) |
13.3 |
7.9 |
20.9 |
10.3 |
43.1 |
|
2015 |
1.8 |
11.0 (+3.4) |
|
8.6 |
18.7 |
12.1 |
41.5 |
|
2017 |
|
11.5 (+2.6) |
|
8.9 |
18.0 |
|
43.3 |
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
17.8 |
13.6 |
43.4 |
Life expectancy,
65.6 (1960); 64.1 (M), 67.1 (F)
69.1 (1970); 67.0 (M), 71.3 (F)
72.2 (1980); 69.7 (M), 74.8 (F)
73.4 (1990); 71.0 (M), 75.9 (F)
73.7 (2000); 71.3 (M), 76.2 (F)
74.9 (2010); 72.5 (M), 77.4 (F)
76.4 (2020); 73.8 (M), 78.7 (F)
Population of principal cities, Totals
|
|
ORANJESTAD1 |
Sint Nicolaas2 |
|
1981 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
|
1996 |
21,000 |
|
|
1998 |
29,000 |
|
|
2010 |
33,000 |
15,284 |
|
2015 |
35,000 |
|
1Oranjestaad was founded in 1796, the town is named after King William of Orange.
2Sint Nicolaas is named after
a local landowner, Mr Nicolas van der Biest
(1808-1873). The �Sint� derives from the customary
appellation of land masters, �Shor�, as in Shor Nicolas.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)� Tourism is the main economic activity, with 75% of tourists coming from the USA (2010).� This has also boosted the construction sector.
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1995 |
1,120 |
0.02 |
16,441 |
54.68 |
|
2000 |
1,873 |
0.02 |
20,621 |
56.57 |
|
2005 |
2,258 |
0.02 |
23,303 |
52.59 |
|
2010 |
2,467 |
0.02 |
24,272 |
50.18 |
|
2016 |
2,516 |
0.01 |
|
|
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
2002 |
0.4 |
|
33.3 |
|
66.3 |
|
Communications
Language, % Official; Dutch
|
|
Dutch |
English |
Papiamento |
Spanish |
|
2000 |
5.8 |
7.7 |
66.3 |
12.6 |
Literacy
97.3% (2000); 97.5% (M), 97.1% (F)
97.5% (2015); 97.5% (M), 97.5% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars (private) |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1975 |
|
15,393 |
|
|
|
1984 |
380 |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
33,400 |
28,541 |
800 |
|
2000 |
|
46,353 |
30,995 |
1,000 |
|
2010 |
|
58,006 |
50,028 |
1,100 |
Railways; none. Some former industrial narrow gauge lines, now closed.
Electronic communications
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1982 |
9,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
18,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
20 |
40,000 |
|
|
|
|
1993 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
1,700 |
41,000 |
16,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
38,100 |
15,000 |
51,000 |
20,000 |
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
21,000 |
|
2004 |
|
98,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
38,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
|
|
|
51,200 |
|
2012 |
43,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
35,000 |
141,000 |
|
|
|
106,300 |
Tourism: Visitors to Aruba,
433,000 (1990)
619,000 (1995)
721,224 (2000)
733,000 (2005)
824,000 (2010)
1,225,000 (2015)