The Caribbean islands

Territory and Population

	Status	Area (km²)	Population	Population density ( per km² )	Life expectancy
					Women	Men	Total
Anguilla	United Kingdom Overseas Territory	91	15 423	170	84	78	81
Antigua and Barbuda	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	442	88 710	201	76	73	75
Aruba	Autonomous region of the Netherlands	193	108 000	560	79	73	76
Bahamas	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	13 939	319 000	23	78	72	75
Barbados	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	430	274 000	637	80	75	78
Bonaire	Particular municipality of the Netherlands	288	15 666	54
Curacao	Autonomous region of the Netherlands	444	149 697	337	80	72	76
Cuba	Independent State (2)	110860	11 254 000	102	80	76	78
Dominica	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	751	67 757	90	77	72	74
Grenada	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	344	105 000	305	77	71	74
Guadeloupe	French Overseas Department (3)	1631	404 000	248	82	76	76
Haiti	Independent State (4)	27 750	9 893 000	357	64	61	63
Cayman Islands	United Kingdom Overseas Territory	259	56 230	217	83	78	81
U.S. Virgin Islands	Unincorporated territory of the United States (5)	347	109 000	314	83	76	79
British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom Overseas Territory	153	27 800	182	79	76	78
Jamaica	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	10 991	2 751 000	250	78	71	75
Martinique	French Overseas Department (3)	1 128	407 000	361	83	77	80
Montserrat	United Kingdom Overseas Territory	102	4 922	48	71	75	73
Puerto Rico	Self-governing incorporated Territory (5)	8 959	3 706 000	414	83	75	79
Dominican Republic	Independent State (6)	48 670	10 056 000	207	73	72	73
Saba	Particular municipality of the Netherlands	13	1824	140
Saint Barth	French Overseas Corporation (7)	21	8 902	424			79
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	269	53 000	197	77	71	74
Saint Eustatius	Particular municipality of the Netherlands	21	3643	173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	389	109 000	280	76	72	73
Sainte Lucia	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	616	176 000	286	79	71	75
Saint Martin	French Overseas Corporation (7)	53	36 824	695
Sint Maarten	Associated island to the Netherlands	34	37 429	1 101	78	73	76
Trinidad and Tobago	Independent State, member of the Commonwealth of Nations (1)	5 128	1 346 000	262	75	66	71
Turks and Caicos Island	United Kingdom Overseas Territory	430	38 354	89	82	76	79

(1) The member states of the Commonwealth of Nations have a paradoxical constitution according independence and sovereignty, despite incorporation into the Commonwealth - an association of former British colonies in which the United Kingdom maintains a dominant position. The influence of the United States is also strong in this region.

(2) With the exception of Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, illegally occupied by the US Army.

(3) The French overseas departments (DOM in French) are completely and equally part of the French Republic (and the European Union) as any other French department. Nevertheless the French overseas departments are the poorest departments in comparison to national standard. These departments are  also characterized by strong economic inequalities on French standart.

(4) Independent State under major influence of the United States and the United Nations. Long history of US military intervention in the country.

(5) Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are associated to the United States. The inhabitants are American citizens without the right to vote - other than for local election in their respective islands. 

(6) Independent state under major influence of the United States. Long history of US military interventions in the country.

(7) Status, more exactly tax loophole, achieved by Saint Barth and Saint Martin linking them to France, the European Union and the United States. This status, almost similar to the status of the british overseas territories, gives for example the islands the possibility to use not only the Euro as legal tender, but at the same time preserving the European Union citizenship rights for the inhabitants. These French territories are much wealthier than French DOMs.

Urbanisation / migration

	Urbanisation	Migration	Median age
			Women	Men	Total
Anguilla	100%	12,25%	34,7	31,9	33,3
Antigua and Barbuda	30%	2,32%	31,7	28,7	30,3
Aruba	47%	9,42%	40	36,4	38,2
Bahamas	84%	0	31,3	29,1	30,2
Barbados	41%	-0,30%	37,6	35,4	36,5
Bonaire	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
Curacao	NC	1,27%	NC	NC	NC
Cuba	76%	-3,56%	39,2	37,6	38,4
Dominica	75%	-5,43%	31,3	30,4	30,8
Grenada	31%	-3,56%	28,6	28,6	28,6
Guadeloupe	98%			34
Haiti	50%	-8,32%	21,6	21,1	21,4
Cayman Islands	100%	15,72%	39,2	38,2	21
U.S. Virgin Islands	95%	-5,04%	40,8	39,9	40,4
British Virgin Islands	41%	7,41	32,8	32,9	32,9
Jamaica	54%	-5,34%	24,7	23,7	24,2
Martinique	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
Montserrat	14%	0%	30,1	29,2	29,6
Puerto Rico	99%	-0,86%	39	35,5	37,3
Dominican Republic	71%	-2,01%	26,3	26	26,1
Saba	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
Saint Barths			40,3	40,6	40,4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32%	1,25%	32	32,1	32
Saint Eustatius	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48%	-10,92%	30	30,2	30,1
Saint Lucia	28%	-3,73%	32,1	29,9	31
Saint Martin			31,8	29,9	31
Sint Maarten		14,24%
Trinidad and Tobago	14%	-6,93%	33,6	32,6	33,1
Turks and Caicos	93%	20,08%	30,1	30,8	30,4

EconomY

	GDP billions of USD	GDP /capita	HDI	Growth rate of GDP	Composition of GDP / sector			unemployment rate	Population below poverty line	Debt (% of PBN)
					Agriculture	Industry	Services
Anguilla	0,18	14260		10,2%	4%	18%	78%	7,8%	23%	NC
Antigua and Barbuda	1,014	11442	0,815	-9,4%	4%	29%	67%	8,4%	NC	102,7%
Aruba	2,26	24625		2,4%	0,4%	33,3%	66,3%	6,9%	NC	46,3%
Bahamas	7,538	21985	0,784	0,9%	2%	22%	76%	7,9%	9,3%	NC
Barbados	3,203	11718	0,788	-5,3%	3%	23%	74%	7,9%	8%	NC
Bonaire	NC
Curacao	2,24	15 000		0,6%	1%	15%	84%	10,3%	NC	NC
Cuba	62,704	5437	0,880	4,3%	5%	20%	75%	2%	NC	34,4%
Dominica	0,382	5649	0,798	1,7%	20%	23%	57%	11,0%	30%	78%
Grenada	1,1	6009	0,777	-1,1%	5%	19%	75%	15,2%	32%	NC
Guadeloupe	7,7	17 400	0,86	2,6%	15%	17%	68%	22,7%	12,5%	NC
Haiti	11,48	671	0,4	-5,1%	25%	16%	59%	7,2%	80%	NC
Cayman Islands	2,25	54827		NC	1,4%	3,2%	95,4%	3,8%	NC	NC
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,58	14 500		NC	1%	19%	80%	6,2%	28,9%	NC
British Virgin Islands	7,85	57 626		NC	0,9%	10,7%	88,3%	3,6%	NC	NC
Jamaica	13,99	5 179	0,688	-0,5%	6%	22%	71%	10,6%	16,5%	123,2%
Martinique	7,7%	19 607	0,880	NC	8,7%	5,6%	72%	22%	15%	NC
Montserrat	0,29	8 897		NC		23,1%	75,7%	6%	NC	NC
Puerto Rico	64,84	24 744		-0,4%	1%	45%	54%	11,6%	NC	NC
Dominican republic	51,576	5 195	0,663	7,8%	6%	27%	67%	15,6%	42,2%	41,7%
Saba	NC
Saint Barths	0,18	26 000
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0,526	10 038	0,821	-2,4%	2%	21%	77%	4,5%	NC	185%
Saint Eustatius	NC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0,561	5 137	0,821	-6,7%	7%	24%	68%	19,8%	NC	185%
Saint Lucia	0,931	5 356	0,795	-2,2%	5%	18%	77%	21,0%	NC	NC
Saint Martin	0,42	14 500		1,9%	1%	15%	84%
Sint Maarten	0,79	15 400			0,4%	18,3%	81,3%	10,6%
Trinidad and Tobago	20,39	15 206	0,736	0,1%	0%	52%	47%	6,5%	17%	26,4%
Turks and Caicos	0,22	35 422		3,5%	NC	NC	NC	7,9%	NC	NC

business

	Main exports	Main export partners	Main import partners
				Anguilla	Lobster ,fish, cattle, salt, rum, parpain		NC
Antigua and Barbuda	Petroleum products, bedding, craft objects,  electronic component,  food and animals	NC	NC
Aruba	Animals and animal products, art and work of art, machines and electric equipments, equipments of transport	Panama 24,2%, Netherlands Antilles 19,5%, Colombia 17,8%, Venezuela 12,8%, United States 9,2%, Netherlands 7,6 %	United States 49,5%,  Netherlands 16,1%,   United Kingdom 4,9%
Bahamas	Mineral products and salt, animal products, rum, chemical compounds, fruits and vegetables	United States39,3%, Singapor 20,4%, Poland 13,2%, Germany 6,8%	United States 23,1%, Venezuela 18,9%, Japan 12,3%, South Korea 11,5%, Singapor
Barbados	finished goods, sugar and molasse, rum, foodstuffs and drinks, chemical compounds, electric components	Trinidad and Tobago 19,1%, United States9,8%, Saint Lucia 8,9%, Venezuela 6,8%, United Kingdom 5,9%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,5%, Antigua and Barbuda 4,5%, France 4,3%, Saint Kitts & Nevis 4,2%, Jamaica 4%	Trinidad and Tobago 28,9%, United States 28,3%, China 6,4%, Colombia 5,2%, United Kingdom 4,4%
Bonaire	NC	NC	NC
Curacao	Petroleum products	NC	NC
Cuba	Sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus fruit, coffee	China 23%, Canada 19,5%, Venezuela 10,4%,  Spain 6,5%, Netherlands 4,4%	Venezuela 32,3%, China 12,8%, Spain 8,5%,  United States 7%
Dominica	Bananas,  soap, oil of bay, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges	Japan 25,5%, United Kingdom17,7%, Egypt 10,7%, Antigua and Barbuda 6,9%, Jamaica 6,1%, Guyana 5,8%	Japan 33%, United States 20,8%, Trinidad and Tobago 12,4%, China 6%
Grenada	Bananas, rum, sugar	France 60 %, Martinique 18 %, United States 4 %	France 63 %, Germany 4 %, United States3 %, Japan 2 %, Netherlands Antilles 2 %
Haiti	Clothing, finished goods, oil, cocoa, mangos, coffee	United States 90,2%, Canada 4%, France 1,5%	United States 51%, Dominican Republic  19%, China 11%
Cayman Islands	Turtle, manufactured consumer good		NC
U.S. Virgin Island	Refined oil	NC	NC
British Virgin Islands	materials of building, automobiles, foodstuffs, machines	NC	NC
Jamaica	Alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yam,  drinks, chemical compounds, clothing, fuel, mineral	United States 49,4%, Canada 10%, United Kingdom9,9%	United States 37,3%, Venezuela 12,6%, Trinidad and Tobago 12,5%, China 4,6%
Martinique	Raffinage du pétrole, construction, bananas, rum, sugar	Guadeloupe 57,1 %, France  24,5 %, Guyane 10,5 %, United States 2,4 %, Antigua 1,2 %	France 55 %, United Kingdom 12 %, United States 7 %, Aruba 3 %,  Germany 3 %
Montserrat	Electronic component , sacs en plastique, clothing, red chili peppers, vert ramps, plants, cattle	NC	NC
Puerto Rico	Chemical compounds, electronics, colthing,  canned tuna, rum, concentrated drinks,  medical equipment	NC	NC
Dominican Republic	Ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meat, final good	United States 53,4%, Haiti 9,7%	United States 44,3%, Venezuela 6%, China 5%, Mexico 4,3%, Colombia 4,1%
Saba	NC	NC	NC
Saint Barths		NC	NC
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Machines,  food, electricity, drinks, tobacco	United States 64,1%, Canada 8,2%, Azerbaijan 4,4%	United States 43%, Trinidad and Tobago 15,1%, Italy 11,7%
Saint Eustatius	NC	NC	NC
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Bananas, tubers, arrowroot starch, tennis rackets	Greece 46,1%, Poland 13,6%, France 10,4%	Singapor 15,8%, Trinidad and Tobago 13,5%, United States 13,2%, China 12,6%, Italie
Saint Lucia	Bananas , clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil	Spain  30,7%, United Kingdom 15,9%, India 13,8%, United States 10,2%, Peru 4,1%	Brazil 83,8%, United States 4,7%, Trinidad and Tobago 4,6%
Saint Martin		NC	NC
Sint Maarten	Sugar	NC	NC
Trinidad and Tobago	Petroleum products and petroleum, liquefied natural gas , méthanol, ammonia, steel,  drinks, grains and céréales, sugar, cocoa, coffee,  citrus fruit, vegetables, flower	United States 42,2%, Spain 7,6%, Jamaica 4,8%	United States 32,6%, Russia 10%, Colombia 6,2%, Brazil 5,8%
Turks and Caicos	Lobster, dried and fresh conch,molluscs		NC