Where were people in the Caribbean Netherlands originally born?

The majority of the inhabitants of the Caribbean Netherlands were not born on the island where they now live. Where do people living in Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba mostly come from?

Of the 20.9 thousand inhabitants Bonaire had on 1 January 2020, 7.6 thousand (36 percent) were born on the island. A group of 4.4 thousand people (21 percent) comes from Central or South America (excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten). Nearly as many inhabitants were born in Curaçao, Aruba or St Maarten, and 3.2 thousand came into the world in the European Netherlands.

Since the beginning of 2011, the population of Bonaire has increased by 5.2 thousand people, mainly because more people have settled on the island than have left. In particular, the number of inhabitants born in the European Netherlands, Central or South America (excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten), Curacao or Bonaire increased. The number of Haitians has tripled from 59 to 177 since the beginning of 2011.

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Population of Bonaire by country of birth, 2020

Geboorteland	Number of residents
Bonaire	7604
Central and South America1)	4425
Curaçao	3687
European Netherlands	3196
Other	2003
1) Excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten.

St Eustatius

On 1 January 2020, 3.1 thousand people lived in St Eustatius, 1.1 thousand (34 percent) of whom were born there. Furthermore, 936 people (30 percent) came from Central or South America (excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten). Nearly 700 people were born in Aruba, St Maarten or Curaçao, 420 of them in St Maarten. 291 people (9 percent) come from the Dominican Republic and 189 (6 percent) come from the European Netherlands.

The number of inhabitants in St Eustatius fell from 3.6 thousand to 3.1 thousand between 2011 and 2020. In particular, the number of inhabitants born in North America (–327), mainly in the United States (–282), decreased. This is related to clean-ups of the population registry, whereby persons who no longer live in St Eustatius were removed from the registry. The number of people born in Central and South America also decreased (–173), 73 of them from Trinidad and Tobago. The number of inhabitants born in the European Netherlands or in St Maarten has increased since 2011, from 152 to 189 and from 307 to 420, respectively.

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Population of St Eustatius by country of birth, 2020

Geboorteland	Number of residents
St Eustatius	1082
Central and South America1)	936
St Maarten	420
European Netherlands	189
Other	512
1) Excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten.

Saba

Saba is the smallest island of the Caribbean Netherlands with 1.9 thousand inhabitants, of whom 514 (27 percent) were born on the island. A slightly smaller group of 424 people (22 percent) was born in Central or South America (excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten). Nearly as many inhabitants (402) were born in Aruba, St Maarten or Curaçao (21 percent). Furthermore, 247 people (13 percent) were born in North America, mainly the United States.

The number of inhabitants in Saba increased slightly between 2011 and 2020. The variation in the number of residents over the years is largely related to different clean-ups of the population registry. People who were still registered in Saba, but no longer lived there, have been removed from the population registry. The majority of these people were students born in the North America. They come to Saba to pursue part of their medical training on the island. After some time they return to their homeland, but do not always (immediately) deregister themselves.

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Population of Saba by country of birth, 2020

Geboorteland	Number of residents
Saba	514
Central and South America1)	424
St Maarten	304
North America	247
Other	444
1) Excluding the Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St Maarten.

The questions

1. How does CBS calculate the figures?
2. How do we use our land?
3. How fast is the population growing?
4. How are the various animal species doing?
5. What are our top concerns?
6. Where do the emigrants go?
7. Who use social media the most?
8. How isolated do we feel?
9. What are our favourite wedding dates? What about partnership registrations?
10. How many under-18s are receiving youth assistance?
11. What about cyber crime?
12. What are the most popular majors?
13. What are the major religions?
14. How many overnight stays?
15. How many people shop online? And the items they buy...
16. Who are eligible to vote?
17. What are young people doing online?
18. How many adults smoke or have smoked?
19. Where were people in the Caribbean Netherlands originally born?
20. Where do Caribbean Dutch children live?
21. How much internet usage in the Caribbean Netherlands?
22. How many people (never) work from home?
23. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
24. Has our purchasing power gone up or down?
25. Which jobs have the highest levels of mental fatigue?
26. How many employees are members of a trade union?
27. How many passengers flying into and out of the Netherlands?
28. How much nitrogen is emitted at livestock farms?
29. How many dwellings in the Netherlands?
30. How much is our average mileage in electric cars?
31. What do we import from China?
32. Which prices are up, which are down?
33. What is our production of frozen fries?
34. How many enterprises in the Netherlands?
35. How much energy do we get from biomass?
36. How much do we recycle?
37. Which flower bulbs are most common?
38. What is the impact of coronavirus?