The Human Truth Foundation

Aruba

https://www.humantruth.info/aruba.html

By Vexen Crabtree 2013

ArubaFlag
StatusProto Dependency
SovereigntyNetherlands
CapitalOranjestad
Land Area 180km21
LocationNorth America, The Americas, The Caribbean
GroupingsSmall Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 CodesAW, ABW, 5332
Internet Domain.aw3
CurrencyGuilder (AWG)4
Telephone+2975

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

Book Cover[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 best
9
Pos.20229
1US Virgin Islands2.00
2Ecuador2.00
3Nepal2.01
...
136Swaziland2.79
137Jordan2.79
138Kyrgyzstan2.80
139Aruba1.18
140China1.18
141Algeria2.83
142Spain1.16
143Malta1.15
World Avg2.47
q=208.

3. Aruba's Health

#birth_control #demographics #health #overpopulation

Health:

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

Fertility Rate
2.0 is best
9
Pos.20229
1US Virgin Islands2.00
2Ecuador2.00
3Nepal2.01
...
136Swaziland2.79
137Jordan2.79
138Kyrgyzstan2.80
139Aruba1.18
140China1.18
141Algeria2.83
142Spain1.16
143Malta1.15
The Americas Avg1.80
World Avg2.47
q=208.

4. Aruba's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment

This rank is calculated from 1 data sets. Aruba does better than average when it comes to its forested percent change 2000-202010.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020
Higher is better
10
Pos.Total10
1Guernsey82.6%
2Bahrain75.2%
3Iceland64.7%
...
116=Jordan0.0%
116=Andorra0.0%
116=Grenada0.0%
116=Aruba0.0%
116=Svalbard0.0%
116=S. Sudan0.0%
116=Curaço0.0%
116=Turks & Caicos Islands0.0%
The Americas Avg-2.1%
World Avg-0.1%
q=234.

5. Aruba's Modernity and Learning

#education #modernity #technology #the_internet

Compared to The Americas (2020)11
Pos.Lower is better
Avg Rank11
1Canada21.9
2USA28.2
3Argentina43.6
...
13=Grenada68.5
14Bermuda69.0
15Trinidad & Tobago71.4
16Aruba71.5
17Colombia74.9
18Bahamas80.0
19Cuba80.3
20Cayman Islands82.0
21Dominican Rep.82.4
The Americas Avg81.3
q=41.
Modernity & Learning (2020)11
Pos.Lower is better
Avg Rank11
1Finland7.7
2Taiwan10.0
3Switzerland14.7
...
82Egypt71.3
83Trinidad & Tobago71.4
84Qatar71.4
85Aruba71.5
86India72.4
87Bahrain72.6
88Kyrgyzstan73.1
89Tunisia74.3
World Avg82.7
q=205.

Technology and Information:

Internet Users
Higher is better
12
Pos.201612
1Iceland100%
2Faroe Islands99%
3Norway98%
...
22=Belgium89%
23Czechia88%
24Germany88%
25Aruba88%
26Switzerland87%
27France86%
28S. Korea86%
29Australia85%
The Americas Avg56.4%
World Avg48.1%
q=201.
IPv6 Uptake
Higher is better
13
Pos.2017
Ratio13
1Belgium55.4
2Germany41.8
3Switzerland35.1
...
155=Andorra0.0
155=Greenland0.0
155=Brunei0.0
155=Aruba0.0
155=Bahrain0.0
155=Palau0.0
155=Equatorial Guinea0.0
155=Belize0.0
The Americas Avg3.36
World Avg3.82
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 below14:

Christian91.9%
Muslim0.2%
Hindu0.1%
Buddhist0.1%
Folk Religion1.3%
Jewish0.4%
Unaffiliated6%

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%15.

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