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Sint Maarten
Land Sint Maarten (Dutch)/ Country of Sint Maarten (English)
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
English (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 est.)
Religions
Protestant 41.9% (Pentecostal 14.7%, Methodist 10.0%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.6%, Baptist 4.7%, Anglican 3.1%, other Protestant 2.8%), Roman Catholic 33.1%, Hindu 5.2%, Christian 4.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, Evangelical 1.4%, Muslim/Jewish 1.1%, other 1.3% (includes Buddhist, Sikh, Rastafarian), none 7.9%, no response 2.4% (2011 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.98 male(s)/female
total population
0.98 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.86 male(s)/female
Birth rate
12 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
39 years
total
40.8 years (2025 est.)
female
42.8 years
Population
male
23,071
total
46,738 (2025 est.)
female
23,667
Urbanization
urban population
100% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
18.4% (male 4,409/female 4,114)
15-64 years
66.3% (male 15,158/female 15,496)
65 years and over
15.2% (2024 est.) (male 3,250/female 3,788)
Ethnic groups
Saint Maarten 29.9%, Dominican Republic 10.2%, Haiti 7.8%, Jamaica 6.6%, Saint Martin 5.9%, Guyana 5%, Dominica 4.4%, Curacao 4.1%, Aruba 3.4%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8%, India 2.6%, Netherlands 2.2%, US 1.6%, Suriname 1.4%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, Anguilla 1.1%, other 8%, unspecified 1.7% (2011 est.)
note: data represent population by country of birth
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
52.8 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
28.1 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
4.1 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
24.7 (2025 est.)
Net migration rate
5.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.96 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
8.4 deaths/1,000 live births
total
7.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
6.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.1% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.96 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
the most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg) and Cul de Sac
Life expectancy at birth
male
77.4 years
female
82.2 years
total population
79.7 years (2024 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011)