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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Aruban(s)
Adjective Aruban; Dutch Ethnic groups
Mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20% Languages
Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census) Religions
Roman Catholic 80.8%, Protestant 7.8% (Evangelist 4.1%, Methodist 1.2%, other Protestant 2.5%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%, Jewish 0.2%, other 5.1%, none or unspecified 4.6% Population World Ranking: 189
107,635 (July 2012 est.)
Note Estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-99 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future; the new results are consistent with the 2000 census Age structure
0-14 years
18.4% (male 9,847/female 9,729) 15-64 years 70.3% (male 35,809/female 38,816) 65 years and over 11.2% (male 4,698/female 7,214) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 38.4 years
Male 36.6 years Female 40.2 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 85
1.413% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 154
12.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 106
7.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 12
9.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 47% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
ORANJESTAD (capital) 33,000 (2009) Sex ratio
At birth 1.02 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.65 male(s)/female Total population 0.9 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 129
Total 12.51 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births Female 8.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 84
Total population 75.93 years
Male 72.89 years Female 79.04 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 150
1.84 children born/woman (2012 est.) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate
NA
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids
NA
Hiv/aids - deaths
NA
Education expenditures World Ranking: 59
5% of GDP (2008)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 97.3%Male 97.5% Female 97.1% (2000 census) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 13 years
Male 13 years Female 13 years (2009) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 36
Total 23.2%
Male 24.1% Female 22.9% (2007)
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