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| Islands In Alphabetical Order |
Size (sq km) |
Population |
Nationality |
Ethnic groups |
Religions |
Languages |
Government |
GDP |
Per Capita |
Exports |
Currency |
Islands In Alphabetical Order |
- Aruba
(formerly part of Netherlands Antilles
|
193 (sq km) |
69,539
people |
Aruban(s) |
Mixed white / Caribbean Amerindian 80% |
Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu,
Muslim, Confucian, Jewish |
Dutch (official) Papiamiento, English (widely
spoken), Spanish |
Parliamentary Democracy; Independent Sovereign
state within the Commonwealth |
1.6 Billion |
$22,800 |
Transport equipment, live animals and animal
products, art, machinery, |
Aruban florin |
- Aruba (formerly part of Netherlands Antilles
|
| 960 (sq km) |
210,134
people |
Netherlands Antillean(s) |
Mixed Black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East
Asian |
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day
Adventist |
Dutch (official) Papiamiento predominates,
English widely spoken, Spanish |
part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full
autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954parliamentary |
2.4 Billion |
$11,800 |
Petroleum Products |
Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden or florin |
Barbados
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430 (sq km) |
274,540
people |
Barbadian(s) or Bajan(s) |
black 80%, white 4%, other 16% |
Protestant 67%, Catholic 4%, none 17%, other 12% |
English |
Parliamentary Democracy |
2.9 Billion |
$11,200 |
sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and
beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing |
Barbadian dollar |
Barbados
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Cayman
Islands
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|
259 (sq km) |
34,763
people |
Caymanian(s) |
mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of
various ethnic groups 20% |
United Church (Presbyterian and
Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other
Protestant |
English |
British Crown Colony |
930 million |
24,500 |
Turtle products, manufactured consumer goods |
Caymanian dollar |
Cayman Islands
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Cuba
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|
110,860 (sq km) |
11,141,997
people |
Cuban(s) |
Mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% |
Roman Catholic, Protestants, Jehovah's
Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria |
Spanish |
Communist State |
18.6 Billion |
$1,700 |
sugar, nickel, tobacco, shellfish, medical
products, citrus, coffee |
Cuban peso |
Cuba
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French
Antilles
|
1,780 (sq km) |
426,493
people |
Guadeloupian(s) |
black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian,
Lebanese, Chinese less than 5% |
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4 %,
Protestant 1% |
French (official) 99%, Creole patois |
Overseas department of France |
3.7 Billion |
$9,000 |
bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and
vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats |
French franc |
French Antilles
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| 1,060 (sq km) |
414,516
people |
Martiniquais |
African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%,
white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5% |
Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 5% |
French, Creole patois |
overseas department of France |
$4.24 billion |
$10,700 |
refined petroleum products, bananas, rum,
pineapples |
French franc |
Hispaniola
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27,750 (sq km) |
6,867,995
people |
Haitian(s) |
black 95%, mulatto plus white 5% |
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist
10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3%, roughly
one-half of the population also practices Voodoo |
French (official), Creole (official) |
elected government |
$9.2 billion |
$1,340 |
manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes |
1 gourde |
Hispaniola
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Jamaica
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10,990 (sq km) |
2,652,689
people |
Jamaican(s)
|
black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%,
Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% |
Protestant 61.3% Roman Catholic 4%, other,
including some spiritual cults 34.7% |
English, Creole |
constitutional parliamentary democracy |
$8.8 billion |
$3,350 |
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum |
Jamaican dollar |
Netherlands Antilles
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Leeward
Islands
|
91 (sq km) |
11,797
people |
Anguillan(s) |
black |
Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12% |
English |
overseas territory of the UK |
$88 million |
$7,900 |
lobster, fish, livestock, salt |
East Caribbean dollar |
Leeward Islands
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|
| 442 (sq km) |
66,422
people |
Antiguan(s), Barbudan(s) |
black,
British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian |
Anglican (predominant), other Protestant, some
Roman Catholic |
English (official), local dialects |
constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style
parliament |
$524 million |
$8,200 |
petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, food
and live animals 4%, machinery and transport equipment 17% |
East Caribbean dollar |
| 100 (sq km) |
6,409
people
|
Montserratian(s) |
black, white |
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic,
Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations |
English |
overseas territory of the UK |
$31 million |
NA |
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel,
hot peppers, live plants, cattle |
East Caribbean dollar |
| 261 (sq km) |
38,819
people |
Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) |
predominantly black some British, Portuguese,
and Lebanese |
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic |
English |
constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style
parliament |
$244 million |
$6,000 |
machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco |
East Caribbean dollar |
| Netherlands
Antilles
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|
960 (sq km) |
210,134
people |
Netherlands Antillean(s) |
Mixed Black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East
Asian |
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day
Adventist |
Dutch (official) Papiamiento predominates,
English widely spoken, Spanish |
part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full
autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954parliamentary |
2.4 Billion |
$11,800 |
Petroleum Products |
Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden or florin |
Netherlands Antilles
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| Puerto
Rico
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|
9,104 (sq km) |
3,915,798
people |
Puerto Rican(s) |
NA |
Roman
Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% |
Spanish, English |
commonwealth |
$38.1 billion |
$9,800 |
pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, canned
tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment |
US dollar |
Puerto Rico
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| Trinidad
& Tobago
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|
5,128 (sq km) |
1,175,523
people |
Trinidadian(s)
Tobagonian |
black 39.5%, East Indian (a local term -
primarily immigrants from northern India) 40.3%, mixed 18.4%, white 0.6%,
Chinese and other 1.2% |
Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican
10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7% |
English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish,
Chinese |
parliamentary democracy |
$9.41 billion |
$8,500 |
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals,
steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers |
Trinidad and Tobago dollars |
Trinidad & Tobago
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Virgin
Islands
|
352 (sq km) |
120,917
people |
Virgin Islander(s) |
black 80%, white 15%, other 5%
note: West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born
elsewhere in the West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other
8% |
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian
17%, other 7% |
English (official), Spanish, Creole |
organized, unincorporated$1.8 billion territory
of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US
under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of
the Interior |
$1.8 billion |
$15,000 |
refined petroleum products |
United States dollar |
Virgin Islands
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|
| 150 (sq km) |
19,615
people |
British Virgin Islander(s) |
black 90%, white, Asian |
Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%,
Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's
Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% |
English |
overseas territory of the UK |
$287 million |
$15,000 |
rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand |
United States dollar |
Windward
Islands
- St. Vincent and Grenadines
|
754 (sq km) |
71,540
people |
Dominican(s) |
black, Carib Amerindian |
Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist
5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none
2%, other 6% |
English (official), French patois |
parliamentary democracy; republic within the
Commonwealth |
$225 million |
$3,400 |
: bananas 50%, soap, bay oil, vegetables,
grapefruit, oranges |
East Caribbean dollar |
Windward Islands
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- St. Vincent and Grenadines
|
| 620 (sq km) |
156,260
people |
Saint Lucian(s)
|
black
90%, mixed 6%, East Indian 3%, white 1% |
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3% |
English (official), French patois |
Westminster-style parliamentary democracy |
$656 million |
$4,300 |
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits,
coconut oil |
East Caribbean dollar |
| 389 (sq km) |
115,461
people |
Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s)
|
black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, Carib
Amerindian 2% |
Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%,
Seventh-Day Adventist, Hindu, other Protestant |
English, French patois |
parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign
state within the Commonwealth |
$309 million |
$2,600 |
bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot
starch, tennis racquets |
East Caribbean dollar |
| 340 (sq km) |
89,018
people |
Grenadian(s)
|
black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and
Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian |
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other
Protestant 33.2% |
English (official), French patois |
constitutional
monarchy with Westminster-style parliament |
$360 million |
$3,700 |
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados,
root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables |
East Caribbean dollar |
| Islands In Alphabetical Order |
Size |
Population |
Nationality |
Ethnic groups |
Religions |
Languages |
Government |
GDP |
Per Capita |
Exports |
Currency |
Islands In Alphabetical Order |
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