Curaçao August 5, 2019 Americas , Antilles , Antilles néerlandaises , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , colony , Country of Curaçao , Curaçao , Dutch colony , îles Sous-le-Vent , Kòrsou , Land Curaçao , Latin America , Leeward Islands , Lesser Antilles , Netherlands , Pais Kòrsou , South America , tourism , Willemstad Official name Country of Curaçao Name in local language Country of Curaçao (en) ; Land Curaçao (nl) ; Pais Kòrsou (pap) Continent Americas Subcontinent Caribbean Population (ranking: 202e ) 160,012 inhabitants (2018) Population growth -0.20 % / year Area 444 km² Density 360.39 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 186e )3.117 billions $USD (2017) GDP/capita (ranking ) 19,458 $USD (2017) GDP growth -1.70 % / year (2017) Life expectancy (ranking ) 78.10 years (2017) Birth rate 9.70 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 1.50 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 8.90 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 10.30 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2018) Official languages Dutch, Papiamentu, English Currency Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG) HDI (ranking: 81e )0.811 / 1 (2012) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy (Autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Head of State King Willem-Alexander National Day 2 July ISO Codes CW, CUW Demonym Curaçaoan, Dutch Tourists (ranking ) 1,033,206 people (2017)
Curaçao is one of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles (Caribbean), forming an autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since the dissolution of the Federation of the Netherlands Antilles on October 10, 2010. It has about 160,000 inhabitants for an area of 444 km2 . Its capital is Willemstad. It is located off the coast of Venezuela .
Grote Knip beach, Curaçao. Photo:Jorgen Hendriksen Willemstad, Curaçao, Matthew T Rader Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Willemstad 160,012 inhabitants
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