Area: 800 Km²
Population: 212.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 265 pop/Km²

System of government: Overseas territory of the Netherlands
Capital: Willemstad (125.000 pop.)
Major cities: Philipsburg 6000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Mulatto and black 85%, White, Asian and Carib Amerindian 15%
Border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint-Martin Isle)

Principal mountains: Mount Scenery 862 m
Principal rivers: -
Principal lakes: -
Principal islands: Curaçao 444 Km², Bonaire 288 Km², Sint Maarten 34 Km² (part of Netherlands Antilles, total 86 Km²), Sint Eustatius 21 Km², Saba 13 Km²
Climate: Tropical

Language: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect), English, Spanish
Religion: Catholic 85%, Protestant and Jewish 15%
Currency: Netherlands Antillean Guilder/Florin (ANG)