Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Sint Maarten.
note 1: the northern border is shared with the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin; together, these two entities make up the smallest landmass in the world shared by two self-governing states
note 2: Simpson Bay Lagoon (aka as Simson Bay Lagoon or The Great Pond) is one of the largest inland lagoons in the West Indies; the border between the French and Dutch halves of the island of Saint Martin runs across the center of the lagoon, which is shared by both of the island's entities
Location | Caribbean, located in the Leeward Islands (northern) group; Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea; Sint Maarten lies east of the US Virgin Islands |
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Geographic coordinates | 18 4 N, 63 4 W |
Map references | Central America and the Caribbean |
Tarrain | low, hilly terrain, volcanic origin |
Natural Resources | fish, salt |
Natural Hazards | subject to hurricanes from July to November |
Irrigated Land | |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Major aquifers | |
Land Boundaries | 16 km |
Border Countries | Saint Martin (France) 16 km |
Coastline | 58.9 km (for entire island) |
Climate | tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in moderate temperatures; average rainfall of 150 cm/year; hurricane season stretches from July to November |
Area | |
Total Area | 34 sq km |
Land Area | 34 sq km |
Water Area | 0 sq km |
comparative Area |
one-fifth the size of Washington, DC |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Elevations | |
Highest point | Mount Flagstaff 383 m |
Lowest point | Caribbean Sea 0 m |
Most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg), followed closely by Cul de Sac
In Sint Maarten, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: 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.)
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 1.15% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | NA |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | |
Total fertility rate | 1.97 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 0.96 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | NA |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | |
Literacy | |
Education expenditures | NA |
Net Migration rate | 5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | | |
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.) |
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) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 27.2 |
Youth dependency ratio | 14.9 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 12.3 |
Potential support ratio | 8.1 (2021) |
Median Age | |
Total | 41 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 39 years |
Female | 42.8 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 100% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1,327 PHILIPSBURG (capital) (2011). |
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 |
65 years and over | 0.86 male(s)/female |
Total population | 0.98 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 79.7 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 77.4 years |
Female | 82.2 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: total | total: 95.1% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 4.9% of population (2017) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: NA |
Improved: rural | rural: NA |
Improved: total | total: 98.8% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: NA |
Unimproved: rural | rural: NA |
Unimproved: total | total: 1.2% of population (2017) |
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