Demographics of Aruba

{{Short description|none}} <!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! --> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} [[File:Aruba single age population pyramid 2020.png|350px|alt=|thumb|upright=1.4|Aruba [[population pyramid]] in 2020]] This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the population of [[Aruba]], including population density, [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], nationality language use, education level, age, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. {{Historical populations |type = |footnote = Source:<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.aw/index.php/products/publications/161-publications/population-society/population-society/census-2010/220-census2010results-aa1|title=Better data. Better lives. – Central Bureau of Statistics – Aruba|website=Cbs.aw|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> |title = Census population and average annual growth rate |percentages = pagr |1930 | 15659 |1960 | 53199 |1972 | 57908 |1981 | 60312 |1991 | 66687 |2000 | 90506 |2010 | 101484 }} Having poor [[soil]] and aridity, [[Aruba]] was largely detached from [[plantation]] economics and the [[History of slavery|slave trade]]. In 1515, the Spanish transported the entire population to [[Hispaniola]] to work in the copper mines; most were allowed to return when the mines were tapped out. The Dutch, who took control a century later, left the [[Arawak]]s to graze livestock, using the island as a source of meat for other Dutch possessions in the Caribbean. [[Arawak]] heritage is stronger on Aruba than on most Caribbean islands. [[File:Stefanie Evangelista.jpg|thumb|Stefanie Evangelista, the 2013 [[Miss Aruba]]]] The population is estimated to be 75% [[Mestizo|mixed]] European/Amerindian/African, 15% [[Afro-Arubans|Black]] and 10% other ethnicities. Although no full-blooded [[Native American (Americas)|Aboriginals]] remain, the features of many islanders clearly indicate their genetic [[Arawak peoples|Arawak]] heritage. The population is descended from the [[Caquetio|Caquetío Indians]], [[Dutch people|Dutch settlers]], [[Spaniards|Spanish settlers]], [[Afro-Caribbean people|Afro-Caribbeans]] and to a lesser extent from the Portuguese, Germans, French, British, Irish, Italians, Arabs, Jewish, East-Indians, Chinese, Indonesians, Filipinos and various other diasporas who have settled the island over time.

Aruba's population is very ethnically diverse, [[Multiracial people|multiracial]], international and multicultural, descending from a mix of various people groups and being home to over 140+ [[Nationality|nationalities]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2022 |title=A multicultural society – Central Bureau of Statistics |url=https://cbs.aw/wp/index.php/2022/09/21/country-of-birth-and-nationality/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> The population of the island has grown significantly in the last 50 years, primarily due to immigration, with an estimated 38.7% of the population being [[Foreign born|foreign-born]] as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 2023 |title=Immigration to Aruba in the last 50 years – CBS Aruba 2024 |url=https://cbs.aw/wp/index.php/2023/03/27/immigration-to-aruba-in-the-last-50-years/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> In recent decades, there has been substantial immigration to the island from neighboring [[South America|South-American]] and [[Caribbean|Caribbean nations]], possibly attracted by higher paying jobs, namely in the tourism industry. In 2007, new immigration laws were introduced and passed to help control the growth of the population by restricting [[foreign worker]]s to a maximum of three years residency on the island.

There is a significant [[Latin Americans|Latin-American]] population and presence on the island. Many of Aruba's families are partially or fully descended from [[Venezuelans|Venezuelan]] immigrants. Due to Aruba's close proximity to [[Colombia]], many [[Colombians]] and their descendants live in [[Aruba]] as well. Communities of [[People of the Dominican Republic|Dominicans]], [[Ecuadorians]] and [[Peruvians]] can also be found on the island. A sizable minority of the population is descended from various [[Caribbean]] nations and territories, mainly from the former [[British West Indies|British West-Indies]]. There has also been recent immigration from Europe and [[Northern America|North-America]] to the island, namely from the [[Netherlands]] and to a lesser extent the United States. Many [[Asian people|Asians]] and their descendants live in Aruba as well, most notably those of Chinese, [[Filipinos|Filipino]], Indian and [[Javanese people|Javanese]] descent. Chinese Arubans are approximately 1% of the population.<ref>https://www.virtuoso.com/travel/articles/the-chinese-food-on-aruba-is-surprisingly-excellent</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/BNADIGARTIKELNICOLAAS2015/page/n1/mode/2up</ref>

Most people on Aruba are [[Multilingualism|multilingual]], being able to speak three to four (or more) languages. The two official languages of Aruba are [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and the pre-dominant, national language [[Papiamento]]. Papiamento is a [[Portuguese-based creole languages|Portuguese-based creole]], formed primarily from 16th century [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] with influences from Spanish, Dutch, and several other languages. Spanish and English are also widely known and spoken due to proximity to [[Latin America|Latin-America]] and [[North America|North-American]] tourism. There are also smaller communities of speakers of other languages on the island, such as [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], French and Chinese. Children in Aruba are known to start school by the age of four and are commonly known to be multilingual by this time. Although the official languages of Aruba are Papiamento and Dutch, English and Spanish is taught through education when reaching the sixth grade. French is also taught as an optional subject in higher levels of education.

[[Roman Catholicism]] is the dominant religion, practiced by around 75% of the population. Various [[Christian denomination|Protestant denominations]] are also present on the island.<ref name="CIAARUBA" /> Various other religions and denominations are also practiced on the island by small communities.

==Population== [[Image:Aruba-demography.png|thumb|Population of Aruba in thousands, 1961–2003]] [[Image:Aruba population pyramid 2006.png|thumb|right|[[Population pyramid]] of Aruba]] The estimated population as of {{UN_Population|Year}} is {{UN_Population|Aruba}}, per {{UN_Population|source}}. Most of the population is of mixed ancestry, including Europeans, Caquetío Indians and Africans (in some cases, Asians also).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Croes|first1=Haime|last2=Hooimeijer|first2=Pieter|date=2010|title=Gender and chain migration: the case of Aruba|journal=Population, Space and Place|language=en|volume=16|issue=2|pages=121–134|doi=10.1002/psp.530|issn=1544-8452}}</ref> Between 1985 and 1987, the population declined due to emigration, but in 1990 this trend was reversed due to the development of the oil and tourism industries.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Eelens, Frank.|title=The population of Aruba : a demographic profile|date=1994|publisher=Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute/NIDI|isbn=90-70990-49-0|oclc=905474007}}</ref>

===Structure of the population===

{{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013): <ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 50 117 | align="right" | 55 859 | align="right" | 105 976 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 3 061 | align="right" | 3 016 | align="right" | 6 077 | align="right" | 5.73 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 3 619 | align="right" | 3 387 | align="right" | 7 006 | align="right" | 6.61 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 3 733 | align="right" | 3 711 | align="right" | 7 445 | align="right" | 7.03 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 3 872 | align="right" | 3 744 | align="right" | 7 616 | align="right" | 7.19 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 3 145 | align="right" | 2 941 | align="right" | 6 086 | align="right" | 5.74 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 2 775 | align="right" | 2 994 | align="right" | 5 769 | align="right" | 5.44 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 3 011 | align="right" | 3 578 | align="right" | 6 589 | align="right" | 6.22 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 3 249 | align="right" | 3 860 | align="right" | 7 109 | align="right" | 6.71 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 3 906 | align="right" | 4 551 | align="right" | 8 456 | align="right" | 7.98 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 4 072 | align="right" | 4 798 | align="right" | 8 871 | align="right" | 8.37 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 4 275 | align="right" | 4 873 | align="right" | 9 148 | align="right" | 8.63 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 3 526 | align="right" | 4 176 | align="right" | 7 702 | align="right" | 7.27 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 2 805 | align="right" | 3 228 | align="right" | 6 033 | align="right" | 5.69 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 1 942 | align="right" | 2 456 | align="right" | 4 397 | align="right" | 4.15 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 1 413 | align="right" | 1 735 | align="right" | 3 148 | align="right" | 2.97 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 886 | align="right" | 1 368 | align="right" | 2 254 | align="right" | 2.13 |- | align="right" | 80–84 | align="right" | 554 | align="right" | 842 | align="right" | 1 396 | align="right" | 1.32 |- | align="right" | 85–89 | align="right" | 195 | align="right" | 370 | align="right" | 566 | align="right" | 0.53 |- | align="right" | 90–94 | align="right" | 65 | align="right" | 160 | align="right" | 225 | align="right" | 0.21 |- | align="right" | 95–99 | align="right" | 10 | align="right" | 55 | align="right" | 66 | align="right" | 0.06 |- | align="right" | 100+ | align="right" | 4 | align="right" | 16 | align="right" | 20 | align="right" | 0.02 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 10 413 | align="right" | 10 114 | align="right" | 20 527 | align="right" | 19.37 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 34 635 | align="right" | 38 743 | align="right" | 73 378 | align="right" | 69.24 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 5 069 | align="right" | 7 002 | align="right" | 12 071 | align="right" | 11.39 |- |} {{Hidden end}}

{{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021): <ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 50 795 | align="right" | 56 900 | align="right" | 107 695 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 2 652 | align="right" | 2 455 | align="right" | 5 107 | align="right" | 4.74 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 3 174 | align="right" | 3 045 | align="right" | 6 219 | align="right" | 5.77 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 3 415 | align="right" | 3 379 | align="right" | 6 793 | align="right" | 6.31 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 3 551 | align="right" | 3 301 | align="right" | 6 852 | align="right" | 6.36 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 2 786 | align="right" | 2 592 | align="right" | 5 377 | align="right" | 4.99 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 2 945 | align="right" | 3 048 | align="right" | 5 994 | align="right" | 5.57 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 3 177 | align="right" | 3 456 | align="right" | 6 633 | align="right" | 6.16 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 3 206 | align="right" | 3 716 | align="right" | 6 922 | align="right" | 6.43 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 3 284 | align="right" | 3 993 | align="right" | 7 277 | align="right" | 6.76 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 3 400 | align="right" | 4 059 | align="right" | 7 459 | align="right" | 6.93 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 3 800 | align="right" | 4 596 | align="right" | 8 396 | align="right" | 7.80 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 4 018 | align="right" | 4 720 | align="right" | 8 738 | align="right" | 8.11 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 3 683 | align="right" | 4 464 | align="right" | 8 147 | align="right" | 7.56 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 2 954 | align="right" | 3 576 | align="right" | 6 530 | align="right" | 6.06 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 2 112 | align="right" | 2 573 | align="right" | 4 685 | align="right" | 4.35 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 1 322 | align="right" | 1 781 | align="right" | 3 102 | align="right" | 2.88 |- | align="right" | 80–84 | align="right" | 817 | align="right" | 1 169 | align="right" | 1 986 | align="right" | 1.84 |- | align="right" | 85–89 | align="right" | 347 | align="right" | 677 | align="right" | 1 024 | align="right" | 0.95 |- | align="right" | 90–94 | align="right" | 122 | align="right" | 229 | align="right" | 351 | align="right" | 0.33 |- | align="right" | 95+ | align="right" | 30 | align="right" | 72 | align="right" | 102 | align="right" | 0.09 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 9 241 | align="right" | 8 879 | align="right" | 18 120 | align="right" | 16.83 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 33 850 | align="right" | 37 944 | align="right" | 71 794 | align="right" | 66.66 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 7 704 | align="right" | 10 077 | align="right" | 17 781 | align="right" | 16.51 |- |} {{Hidden end}}

==Vital statistics== <ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=CBS>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.aw/|title=Central Bureau of Statistics|website=Unstate.un.org|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf|title=3. Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002–2016|website=Unstats.unorg|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref>

{{sticky-header}}{{sort under}}{{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;" |- ! ! width="70pt"|Average population (x 1000) ! width="70pt"|Live births ! width="70pt"|Deaths ! width="70pt"|Natural change ! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|TFR |- | 1952 | 38 |1,958|| 249||1,709 |style="color:blue"|50.2||6.4||43.9|| |- | 1953 | 40 |2,002||style="color:blue"|172||style="color:blue"|1,830 |49.9||4.3||style="color:blue"|45.6|| |- | 1954 | 42 |2,015|| 205||1,810 |48.2||4.9||43.3|| |- | 1955 | 44 |1,916|| 236||1,680 |43.8||5.4||38.4|| |- | 1956 | 46 |1,918|| 228||1,690 |41.8||5.0||36.8|| |- | 1957 | 48 |style="color:blue"|2,017|| 233||1,784 |41.8||4.8||37.0|| |- | 1958 | 51 |1,968|| 232||1,736 |39.0||4.6||34.4|| |- | 1959 | 53 |1,836|| 248||1,588 |34.9||4.7||30.2|| |- | 1960 | 54 |1,916|| 254||1,662 |35.3||4.7||30.7|| |- | 1961 | 55 |1,838|| 217||1,621 |33.2||3.9||29.2|| |- | 1962 | 56 |1,787|| 215||1,572 |31.8||3.8||28.0|| |- | 1963 | 57 |1,657|| 208||1,449 |29.2||style="color:blue"|3.7||25.6|| |- | 1964 | 57 |1,556|| 224||1,332 |27.3||3.9||23.4|| |- | 1965 | 57 |1,420|| 225||1,195 |24.8||3.9||20.8|| |- | 1966 | 58 |1,230|| 219||1,011 |21.3||3.8||17.5|| |- | 1967 | 58 |1,151|| 226|| 925 |19.8||3.9||15.9|| |- | 1968 | 58 |1,143|| 258|| 885 |19.6||4.4||15.2|| |- | 1969 | 58 |1,188|| 318|| 870 | 20.5||5.5||15.0|| |- | 1970 | 58 |1,234|| 289|| 945 |21.3||5.0||16.3|| |- | 1971 | 58 |1,232|| 292|| 940 |21.2||5.0||16.2|| |- | 1972 | 58.047 |1,201|| 275|| 926 |20.1||4.6||15.5|| |- | 1973 | 58.299 |1,003|| 287|| 716 |17.2||4.9||12.3|| |- | 1974 | 58.349 | 962|| 298|| 664 |16.5||5.1||11.4|| |- | 1975 | 58.295 | 968|| 286|| 682 |16.6||4.9||11.7|| |- | 1976 | 58.368 | 941|| 300|| 641 |16.1||5.1||11.0|| |- | 1977 | 58.580 | 993|| 320|| 673 |17.0||5.5||11.5|| |- | 1978 | 58.776 |1 058|| 284|| 774 |18.0||4.8||13.2|| |- | 1979 | 59.191 |1 065|| 318|| 747 |18.0||5.4||12.6|| |- | 1980 | 59.909 |1 125|| 288|| 837 |18.8||4.8||14.0|| |- | 1981 | 60.563 |1 051|| 317|| 734 |17.4||5.2||12.1|| |- | 1982 | 61.276 |1 036|| 313|| 723 |16.9||5.1||11.8|| |- | 1983 | 62.228 |1 133|| 339|| 794 |18.2||5.4||12.8|| |- | 1984 | 62.901 |1 169|| 323|| 846 |18.6||5.1||13.4|| |- | 1985 | 61.728 |1 109|| 334|| 775 |18.0||5.4||12.6|| |- | 1986 | 59.931 |1 014|| 377|| 637 |16.9||6.3||10.6|| |- | 1987 | 59.159 | 992|| 370|| 622 |16.8||6.3||10.5|| |- | 1988 | 59.331 | 949|| 335|| 614 |16.0||5.6||10.3|| |- | 1989 | 60.443 |1,141|| 372|| 769 |18.9||6.2||12.7|| |- | 1990 | 62.753 |1,140|| 419|| 721 |18.2||6.7||11.5|| |- | 1991 | 65.896 |1,157|| 429|| 728 |17.6||6.5||11.0|| |- | 1992 | 69.005 |1,292|| 424|| 868 |18.7||6.1||12.6||style="color:blue"|2.214 |- | 1993 | 73.685 |1,337|| 402|| 935 |18.1||5.5||12.7||2.052 |- | 1994 | 77.595 |1,315|| 431|| 884 |16.9||5.6||11.4||2.036 |- | 1995 | 79.805 |1,419|| 504|| 915 |17.8||6.3||11.5||style="color:blue"|2.137 |- | 1996 | 83.021 |1,452|| 469|| 983 |17.5||5.6||11.8||2.088 |- | 1997 | 86.301 |1,457|| 497|| 960 |16.9||5.8||11.1||2.038 |- | 1998 | 88.451 |1,315|| 505|| 810 |14.9||5.7||9.2||1.821 |- | 1999 | 89.659 |1,251|| 561|| 690 |14.0||6.3||7.7||1.716 |- | 2000 | 90.588 |1,294|| 531|| 763 |14.3||5.9||8.4||1.896 |- | 2001 | 91.439 |1,263|| 435|| 828 |13.8||4.8||9.1||1.866 |- | 2002 | 92.074 |1,228|| 492|| 736 |13.3||5.3||8.0||1.874 |- | 2003 | 93.128 |1,244|| 501|| 743 |13.4||5.4||8.0||1.883 |- | 2004 | 95.138 |1,193|| 502|| 691 |12.5||5.3||7.3||1.787 |- | 2005 | 97.635 |1,263|| 482|| 781 |12.9||4.9||8.0||1.834 |- | 2006 | 99.405 |1,359|| 539|| 820 |13.7||5.4||8.2||2.035 |- | 2007 | 100.150 |1,339|| 533|| 806 |13.4||5.3||8.0||2.041 |- | 2008 | 100.917 |1,319|| 554|| 765 |13.1||5.5||7.6||2.024 |- | 2009 | 101.604 |1,254|| 629|| 625 |12.3||6.2||6.1||1.961 |- | 2010 | 101.838 |1,216|| 619|| 597 |11.9||6.1||5.9||1.923 |- | 2011 | 102.591 |1,249|| 642|| 607 |12.2||6.3||5.9||1.938 |- | 2012 | 104.110 |1,311|| 609|| 702 |12.6||5.9||6.8||2.019 |- | 2013 | 105.675 |1,326|| 573|| 753 |12.6||5.4||7.1||2.010 |- | 2014 | 106.807 |1,374|| 653|| 721 |12.9||6.1||6.8||2.081 |- | 2015 | 107.906 |1,247|| 687|| 560 |11.6||6.4||5.2||1.859 |- | 2016 | 108.727 |1,264|| 789|| 475 |11.6||7.3||4.4||1.899 |- | 2017 | 108.735 |1,248|| 717|| 531 |11.5||6.6||4.9||1.894 |- | 2018 | 108.908 |1,177|| 730|| 447 |10.8||6.7||4.1||1.779 |- | 2019 |style="color:blue"| 109.203 |1,184|| 671|| 513 |10.8||6.1||4.7||1.816 |- | 2020 | 108.587 |1 052|| 743|| 309 |9.7||6.8||2.9||1.638 |- | 2021 | 107.700 |1 019|| style="color:red" |964|| 55 |9.5||9.0||0.5||1.619 |- | 2022 | 107.310 | 915|| 879|| 36 | 8.5||8.2||0.3||1.463 |- | 2023 | 107.359 | 856|| 814|| 42 | 8.0||7.6||0.4||1.382 |- | 2024 | 107.995 | style="color:red"|820|| 840|| style="color:red"| -20 | 7.6|| 7.8|| style="color:red" | -0.2|| style="color:red" |1.324 |- | 2025 | 110.625 | 824|| 833|| style="color:red"| -9 |style="color:red"| 7.4|| 7.5|| style="color:red" | -0.1|| |}

==Ethnic groups== [[File:Mike Eman, Edward Cheung and Fredis Refunjol.JPG|thumb|Group of Arubans, including Prime Minister [[Mike Eman]], Governor [[Fredis Refunjol]], and [[Edward Cheung]] and his family who are Arubans of Chinese descent.]] {{Pie chart |caption= Ethnic groups of Aruba<ref name="CIAARUBA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/aruba/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210109084020/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/aruba|url-status= dead|archive-date= 9 January 2021|title=Central America and Caribbean ::ARUBA|date=6 October 2021|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref> |label1 = Aruban |value1 = 66 |color1 = Blue |label2 = Other |color2 = Grey |value2 = 16.5 |label3 = Colombian |color3 = Orange |value3 = 9.1 |label4 = Dutch |color4 = black |value4 = 4.3 |label5 = Dominican |color5 = Yellow |value5 = 4.1 }}

The population is estimated to be 75% [[Multiracial people|mixed]] European/Amerindian/African, 15% [[Afro-Caribbean people|Black]] and 10% other ethnicities.

In 2019, recently arrived [[Venezuelan refugee crisis|Venezuelan refugees]] were estimated to number around 17,000, accounting for some 15% of the island's population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hias.org/where/aruba|title = HIAS in Aruba}}</ref>

==Languages== {{bar box |title=Languages of Aruba <ref name="CIAARUBA"/> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Languages |right1=percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Papiamento]]|Blue|69.4}} {{bar percent|Spanish |pink|13.7}} {{bar percent| English|red|7.1}} {{bar percent|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]|Yellow|6.1}} {{bar percent|Chinese |black|1.5}} {{bar percent|Other|green|1.7}} {{bar percent|Unspecified |Purple| 0.4}} }} {{Clear}}

==Religions== [[File:St.Ann's Catholic church1.jpg|thumb|[[St Ann's Church, Aruba]], a Catholic church.]] {{bar box |title=Religions of Aruba <ref name="CIAARUBA"/> |titlebar=#ddd |left1=Religions |right1=percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Roman Catholic]]|DodgerBlue|75.3}} {{bar percent|Other|Grey|12}} {{bar percent|None|Black|5.5}} {{bar percent|[[Protestant]]|SkyBlue|4.9}} {{bar percent| Other Christian|blue|3.4}} {{bar percent|[[Jehovah's Witness]]|teal|1.7}} {{bar percent|Unspecified|LightGrey|0.5}} }} {{-}}

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