Dutch Caribbean

The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.

For the integral territories of the constituent country of the Netherlands, see Caribbean Netherlands.
Dutch Caribbean
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Location of the Dutch Caribbean islands
  Aruba
  Curaçao
  Sint Maarten
  Caribbean Netherlands (from west to east):
Area980 km2 (380 sq mi)
Population
(as of January 2019)		337,617
GDP (Nominal)US$8.911 billion
GDP per Capita (Nominal)US$29,240
Density343/km2 (890/sq mi)
LanguagesDutch, English, Papiamento
Government3 constituent countries
3 special municipalities

Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten (the 'CAS' islands) and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES islands). The term "Dutch Caribbean" is sometimes also used for the Caribbean Netherlands, an entity consisting of the three special municipalities forming part of the constituent country of the Netherlands since 2010. The Dutch Caribbean had a population of 337,617 as of January 2019.

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