Aruba

Aruba
Status	Proto Dependency
Sovereignty	Netherlands
Capital	Oranjestad
Land Area	180km21
Location	North America, The Americas, The Caribbean
Groupings	Small Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	AW, ABW, 5332
Internet Domain	.aw3
Currency	Guilder (AWG)4
Telephone	+2975

1. Overview
2. Aruba's Demographics and Migration
3. Aruba's Health
4. Aruba's Responsibility Towards The Environment
5. Aruba's Modernity and Learning
6. Religion and Beliefs
7. Links

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1. Overview

#netherlands #spain

“Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery. The last decades of the 20th century saw a boom in the tourism industry. Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₆

“[Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao...] these three tiny islands once formed the Netherlands Antilles and are still independent territories within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so Dutch culture is very much in evidence. East coast Americans fleeing winter make Aruba the most touristed island in the southern Caribbean - not surprising given that it has miles of the best beaches, sociable rum shops, plenty of upmarket package resorts and a compact and cute main town, Oranjestad. Flights between Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are frequent so you can hop between them or choose one and soak up the sun.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₇

As a territory of the Netherlands I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Aruba's Demographics and Migration

#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #overpopulation #population #yemen

Population:

This country has a fertility rate of 1.18. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.₈

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9
Pos.		20229
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
136	Swaziland	2.79
137	Jordan	2.79
138	Kyrgyzstan	2.80
139	Aruba	1.18
140	China	1.18
141	Algeria	2.83
142	Spain	1.16
143	Malta	1.15
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

• The Population of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

3. Aruba's Health

#birth_control #demographics #health #overpopulation

Compared to The Americas (2025)10
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank10
1	Greenland	34.3
2	Curaço	49.7
3	Aruba	49.9
4	US Virgin Islands	51.9
5	Bermuda	55.9
6	Canada	58.3
7	USA	58.5
8=	Antigua & Barbuda	63.2
9	St Martin	66.7
10=	Puerto Rico	70.9
11	Barbados	71.0
12	Turks & Caicos Islands	74.3
13	Cuba	75.7
	The Americas Avg	92.7
q=44.

Health (2025)10
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank10
1	Monaco	14.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Isle of Man	32.1
	...
16	Australia	49.3
17	Singapore	49.5
18	Curaço	49.7
19	Aruba	49.9
20	Netherlands	50.2
21	Belgium	50.7
22	New Zealand	51.2
23	US Virgin Islands	51.9
	World Avg	96.7
q=212.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and The Isle of Man₁₁. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria₁₁.

21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Balkans₁₁, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₁₁.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2020).

Health:

Aruba is a pretty unhealthy country. And finally, it does worse than average when it comes to its fertility rate₉ (amongst the worst in The Americas). The number of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the past 40 years. Aruba's peak fertility rate was 4.82 in 1960.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9
Pos.		20229
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
136	Swaziland	2.79
137	Jordan	2.79
138	Kyrgyzstan	2.80
139	Aruba	1.18
140	China	1.18
141	Algeria	2.83
142	Spain	1.16
143	Malta	1.15
	The Americas Avg	1.80
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

4. Aruba's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment

This rank is derived from 1 data sets. Aruba does better than average for its forested percent change 2000-2020₁₂.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better12
Pos.		Total12
1	Guernsey	82.6%
2	Bahrain	75.2%
3	Iceland	64.7%
	...
116=	Jordan	0.0%
116=	Andorra	0.0%
116=	Grenada	0.0%
116=	Aruba	0.0%
116=	Svalbard	0.0%
116=	S. Sudan	0.0%
116=	Curaço	0.0%
116=	Turks & Caicos Islands	0.0%
	The Americas Avg	-2.1%
	World Avg	-0.1%
q=234.

5. Aruba's Modernity and Learning

#the_internet

Technology and Information:

Internet Users Higher is better13
Pos.		201613
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
22=	Belgium	89%
23	Czechia	88%
24	Germany	88%
25	Aruba	88%
26	Switzerland	87%
27	France	86%
28	S. Korea	86%
29	Australia	85%
	The Americas Avg	56.4%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

IPv6 Uptake Higher is better14
Pos.		2017 Ratio14
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
155=	Andorra	0.0
155=	Greenland	0.0
155=	Brunei	0.0
155=	Aruba	0.0
155=	Bahrain	0.0
155=	Palau	0.0
155=	Equatorial Guinea	0.0
155=	Belize	0.0
	The Americas Avg	3.36
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

6. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₁₅:

Christian	91.9%
Muslim	0.2%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	1.3%
Jewish	0.4%
Unaffiliated	6%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Roman Catholic 80.8%, Protestant 7.8% (Evangelist 4.1%, Methodist 1.2%, other Protestant 2.5%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%, Jewish 0.2%, other 5.1%, none or unspecified 4.6%₁₆.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

There isn't much information in the database for Aruba, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.