Aruba: People  

Aruba Factbook

Population: 71,566 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.9% (male 7,308; female 6,960)
15-64 years: 68.2% (male 23,736; female 25,068)
65 years and over: 11.9% (male 3,486; female 5,008) (2005 est.)

Median Age:
total: 38 years
male: 36.07 years
female: 39.7 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.47% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 11.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 6.57 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 5.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.14 years
male: 75.8 years
female: 82.65 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban; Dutch

Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%

Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish

Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: 97%
male: NA%
female: NA%

Source: CIA World Factbook 2005
(In general, information available as of 10 January 2006 was used in the preparation of this edition.)

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