
Area: total: 193 sq km
land: 193 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate: tropical marine little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain: flat with a few hills scant vegetation
Natural resources: NEGL white sandy beaches
Population: 101,541
note: estimate based on a revision of the base population, fertility, and mortality numbers, as well as a revision of 1985-1999 migration estimates from outmigration to inmigration, which is assumed to continue into the future the new results are consistent with the 2000 census [July 2008 est.]
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.4% [male 9,933/female 9,747]
15-64 years: 70.3% [male 34,123/female 37,228]
65 years and over: 10.4% [male 4,189/female 6,321] [2008 est.]
Nationality: noun: Aruban[s]
adjective: Aruban Dutch
Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
Languages: Papiamento [a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect] 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English [widely spoken] 7.7%, Dutch [official] 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% [2000 census]
Capital: name: Oranjestad
geographic coordinates: 12 31 N, 70 02 W
time difference: UTC-4 [1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
National holiday: Flag Day, 18 March [1976]
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.4%
industry: 33.3%
services: 66.3% [2002 est.]
Labor force: 41,500 [2004 est.]
Budget: revenues: $507.9 million
expenditures: $577.9 million [2005 est.]
Agriculture - products: aloes livestock fish
Industries: tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining
Exports: $124 million f.o.b. note - includes oil reexports [2006]
Exports - commodities: live animals and animal products, art and collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment
Exports - partners: Netherlands 27.7%, Panama 25.5%, Colombia 12.8%, Venezuela 11.1%, US 9.4%, Netherlands Antilles 7.1% [2006]
Imports: $1.054 billion f.o.b. [2006]
Imports - commodities: machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals foodstuffs
Imports - partners: US 53.6%, Netherlands 12.9%, UK 3.6% [2006]
Currency (code): Aruban guilder/florin [AWG]
Exchange rates: Aruban guilders/florins per US dollar - NA [2007], 1.79 [2006], 1.79 [2005], 1.79 [2004], 1.79 [2003]
Airports: 1 [2007]
Ports and terminals: Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas