Demographics & population — Aruba
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Aruba: 125,063
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Population overview
- Population
125,063
- Population Growth Rate
1.08%
- Population Distribution
most residents live in or around Oranjestad and San Nicolaas; most settlments tend to be located on the less mountainous western side of the island
- Urban Population
- urban population: 44.3%
- of total population rate of urbanization: 0.77% annual rate of change
- Population in Major Urban Areas
30,000 ORANJESTAD (capital)
- Population: Male/Female
- male: 59,101
- female: 65,962
Age & family
- Age Structure
- years: 17.2% (male 10,815/female 10,747) 15-64
- years: 65.7% (male 39,621/female 42,487) 65
- years and over: 17.1% (2024 est.) (male 8,665/female 12,728)
- Median Age
- total: 40.9
- years male: 39.3
- years female: 42.4 years
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
12
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
8.8
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.82
- Gross reproduction rate
1
- Currently married women (ages 15-49)
42.1%
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
- at birth: 1.02
- male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.01
- male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.93
- male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68
- male(s)/female total population: 0.9 male(s)/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
8
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Dutch 78.7%, Colombian 6.6%, Venezuelan 5.5%, Dominican 2.8%, Haitian 1.3%, other 5.1%
- Language Note
Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 69.4%, Spanish 13.7%, English (widely spoken) 7.1%, Dutch (official) 6.1%, Chinese 1.5%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.4%
- Nationality Noun
- Aruban(s) adjective: Aruban; Dutch
Education
- Literacy - total population
97.8%
- Literacy - male
97.8%
- Literacy - female
97.8%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.5%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
- total: 14
- years male: 13
- years female: 14 years
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- total population: 78.5
- years male: 75.4
- years female: 81.6 years
- Infant Mortality Rate
- total: 11.5 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 15.6 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- total: 11.5 deaths/1,000
- live births male: 15.6 deaths/1,000
- live births female: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- urban: 98.1%
- of population rural: 98.1%
- of population total: 98.1%
- urban: 1.9%
- of population rural: 1.9%
- of population total: 1.9% of population
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- urban: 97.7%
- of population rural: 97.7%
- of population total: 97.7%
- urban: 2.3%
- of population rural: 2.3%
- of population total: 2.3% of population