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Sint Maarten

Central America and the Caribbean

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A wide pedestrian avenue in Philipsburg, the capital of Sint Maarten.
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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 234

People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Sint Maarten. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

comparison ranking: total 55

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 79

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 144

Death rate

comparison ranking: 141

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 16

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 150

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 107

Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 97

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 48

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 95

Exports

comparison ranking: 174

Imports

comparison ranking: 184

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 233

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