List of Caribbean countries by population explained

This list of Caribbean countries and dependencies by population is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the United Nations,[1] the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure.

Table

Country / dependency % total UN 2023
estimate 		%
change 		Official
figure 		Official
date
1 25.0% 11,724,764 1.2% 9,801,664 1 Jul 2012[2]
2 24.0% 11,332,973 0.9% 10,711,155 1 Jul 2023[3]
3 24.0% 11,194,449 -0.2% 11,113,215 1 Jul 2023[4]
– Puerto Rico (US) 7.0% 3,260,314 -1.6% 3,205,691 1 Jul 2023[5]
4 6.1% 2,825,544 -0.1% 2,734,092 1 Jul 2019[6]
5 3.3% 1,534,937 0.3% 1,365,805 30 Jun 2022[7]
6 1.8% 813,834 0.6% 743,699 1 Jul 2019[8]
7 1.3% 623,237 0.8% 616,500 1 Jul 2021[9]
8 0.9% 412,624 0.6% 395,640 1 Jul 2019[10]
9 0.9% 410,825 1.4% 441,471 1 Jul 2022[11]
– Guadeloupe (France) 0.9% 395,839 0.0% 390,253 1 Jul 2020[12]
– Martinique (France) 0.8% 366,981 -0.1% 372,594 1 Jul 2020[13]
10 0.6% 281,996 0.1% 277,821 1 May 2010[14]
– (Netherlands) 0.4% 192,077 0.5% 148,925 1 Jan 2023[15]
11 0.4% 180,251 0.2% 178,696 1 Jul 2018[16]
12 0.3% 126,184 0.6% 112,579 1 Jul 2019[17]
– Aruba (Netherlands) 0.2% 106,277 -0.2% 107,457 31 Dec 2021[18]
13 0.2% 103,699 -0.2% 110,418 1 Jul 2022[19]
– (US) 0.2% 98,750 -0.7% 87,146 1 Apr 2020[20]
14 0.2% 94,298 0.6% 100,772 1 Jan 2022[21]
15 0.2% 73,040 0.4% 71,293 14 May 2011[22]
– Cayman Islands (UK) 0.1% 69,310 0.9% 71,432 10 Oct 2021[23]
16 0.1% 47,755 0.2% 47,195 15 May 2011[24]
– Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 0.1% 46,062 0.8% 46,131 1 Jul 2021[25]
– (Netherlands) 0.1% 44,222 0.1% 42,938 1 Jan 2023[26]
– (France) 0.07% 32,077 0.9% 36,108 1 Jan 2020[27]
– (UK) 0.07% 31,538 0.7% 28,054 12 Jul 2010[28]
– (Netherlands) 0.06% 27,148 0.4% 27,726 1 Jan 2022[29]
– Anguilla (UK) 0.03% 15,900 0.3% 15,780 1 Dec 2022[30]
– (France) 0.02% 10,994 0.2% 10,083 1 Jan 2020[31]
– Montserrat (UK) 0.01% 4,387 -0.1% 4,433 1 Jul 2022[32]
– Caribbean 100% 46,482,286 0.6% 43,432,864

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Total population, both sexes combined (thousands). 11 July 2022. UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 17 April 2023.
  2. Official estimate Web site: Haiti at a Glance . Embassy of the Republic of Haiti . 28 May 2023.
  3. Official projection Web site: Estimated and projected population . 27 Oct 2015 . National Statistics Office . 28 May 2023.
  4. Official figure Web site: Demographic Indicators of Cuba and its Territories January-December 2021 . 31 Mar 2023 . ONEI . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116140353/http://www.onei.gob.cu/sites/default/files/indicadores_demograficos_enero-diciembre_2021_0.pdf . 16 Nov 2022 . 28 May 2023.
  5. Official estimate Web site: QuickFacts . 18 May 2023 . US Census . 15 March 2024.
  6. Official projection Web site: Population Statistics . Statistical Institute of Jamaica . 28 May 2023.
  7. Official estimate Web site: Population Statistics . Central Statistical Office . 28 May 2023.
  8. Official estimate Web site: Year-end and Mid-year Population Estimates by Sex, Guyana: 1992 to 2019 . Bureau of Statistics . 28 May 2023.
  9. Official estimate Web site: Population Statistics . 3 Mar 2023 . General Bureau of Statistics . 28 May 2023.
  10. Official projection Web site: Commonwealth of the Bahamas . 13 Mar 2019 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  11. Official figure Web site: Key Indicators . Statistical Institute of Belize . 28 May 2023.
  12. Official figure Web site: Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 . Insee . 28 May 2023.
  13. Official figure Web site: Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 . Insee . 28 May 2023.
  14. Adjusted census result Web site: Barbados . 14 May 2022 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  15. Official figure Web site: People and Society . Central Bureau of Statistics . 28 May 2023.
  16. Official estimate Web site: Population . Central Statistical Office . 28 May 2023.
  17. Official estimate Web site: Grenada . 29 Aug 2021 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  18. Official estimate Web site: Quarterly Demographic Bulletin . 2 Mar 2023 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 28 May 2023.
  19. Official estimate Web site: Population and Demography . Statistical Office . 28 May 2023.
  20. 2020 Census result Web site: Population of the United States Virgin Islands . 28 Oct 2021 . US Census . 28 May 2023.
  21. Official figure Web site: Population Estimates . Statistics Division . 28 May 2023.
  22. 2011 census result Web site: 2011 Population and Housing Census . 1 Sep 2011 . Statistics Division . 28 May 2023.
  23. 2021 census result Web site: Cayman Islands’ 2021 Census Report . Economics and Statistics Office . 28 May 2023.
  24. 2011 census result Web site: St. Kitts and Nevis . 7 May 2019 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  25. Official figure Web site: 2021 Indicators . Statistics Department . 28 May 2023.
  26. Official figure Web site: Recent Indicators . Department of Statistics . 28 May 2023.
  27. Official figure Web site: Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 . Insee . 28 May 2023.
  28. 2010 census result Web site: British Virgin Islands . 14 May 2022 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  29. Official estimate Web site: Caribbean Netherlands . 15 Sep 2022 . City Population . 28 May 2023.
  30. Official figure Web site: Population . Statistics Department . 28 May 2023.
  31. Official figure Web site: Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 . Insee . 28 May 2023.
  32. Official figure Web site: Statistics Department Montserrat . Statistics Department . 28 May 2023.

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