List of Caribbean countries by population

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

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Caribbean population by country

Haiti (25.2%) Dominican Republic (24.4%) Cuba (24.1%) Puerto Rico (US) (7.0%) Jamaica (6.1%) Trinidad and Tobago (3.3%)

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

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Global	Current population United Nations Demographics of the world
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Intercontinental	Americas Arab world Commonwealth of Nations Eurasia European Union Islands Latin America Middle East
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Population density	Current density Past and future population density Person-to-arable land ratio
Growth indicators	Population growth rate Natural increase Net reproduction rate Number of births Number of deaths Birth rate Mortality rate Fertility rate Past fertility rate
Life expectancy	World Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America world regions past life expectancy
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Health	Antidepressant consumption Antiviral medications for pandemic influenza HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate Infant and under-five mortality rates Maternal mortality rate Obesity rate Percentage suffering from undernourishment Health expenditure by country by type of financing Suicide rate Total health expenditure per capita Total healthcare spending as % of GDP Body mass index (BMI)
Education and innovation	Bloomberg Innovation Index Education Index Global Innovation Index International Innovation Index Literacy rate Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Tertiary education attainment World Intellectual Property Indicators
Economic	Access to financial services Development aid donors Official Development Assistance received Employment rate Irrigated land area Human Development Index by country inequality-adjusted planetary pressures–adjusted HDI Human Poverty Index Imports Exports Income equality Labour force Share of income of top 1% Number of millionaires (US dollars) Number of billionaires (US dollars) Percentage living in poverty Public sector Unemployment rate Wealth inequality
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References

"Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
Official estimate "Haiti at a Glance". Embassy of the Republic of Haiti. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official projection "Estimated and projected population". National Statistics Office. 27 Oct 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Demographic Indicators of Cuba and its Territories January-December 2021" (PDF). ONEI. 31 Mar 2023. Archived from the original on 16 Nov 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "QuickFacts". US Census. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
Official projection "Population Statistics". Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Population Statistics". Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Year-end and Mid-year Population Estimates by Sex, Guyana: 1992 to 2019". Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Population Statistics". General Bureau of Statistics. 3 Mar 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official projection "Commonwealth of the Bahamas". City Population. 13 Mar 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Key Indicators". Statistical Institute of Belize. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Adjusted census result "Barbados". City Population. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "People and Society". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Population". Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Grenada". City Population. 29 Aug 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Quarterly Demographic Bulletin". Central Bureau of Statistics. 2 Mar 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Population and Demography". Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2020 Census result "Population of the United States Virgin Islands" (PDF). US Census. 28 Oct 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Population Estimates". Statistics Division. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2011 census result "2011 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Statistics Division. 1 Sep 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2021 census result "Cayman Islands' 2021 Census Report" (PDF). Economics and Statistics Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2011 census result "St. Kitts and Nevis". City Population. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "2021 Indicators". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Recent Indicators". Department of Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2010 census result "British Virgin Islands". City Population. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official estimate "Caribbean Netherlands". City Population. 15 Sep 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Population". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Official figure "Statistics Department Montserrat". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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