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This '''list of [[Caribbean]] countries and dependencies by population''' is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the [[United Nations]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://population.un.org/dataportal/data/indicators/49/locations/660,28,533,44,84,52,92,136,192,531,212,214,308,312,328,332,388,474,500,630,652,659,662,663,670,534,740,780,796,850/start/2022/end/2023/table/pivotbylocation|title=Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)|date=11 July 2022|work=UNdata|publisher=United Nations Statistics Division|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure.

== Map ==

{{Pie chart
| caption= Caribbean population by country
| label1 = Haiti
| value1 = 25.2 | color1 = #b383b3
| label2 = Dominican Republic
| value2 = 24.4 | color2 = #68a8c4
| label3 = Cuba
| value3 = 24.1 | color3 = #71b37b
| label4 = Puerto Rico (US)
| value4 =  7.0 | color4 = #d5dc76
| label5 = Jamaica
| value5 =  6.1 | color5 = #d56d76
| label6 = Trinidad and Tobago
| value6 =  3.3 | color6 = #a78379
}}

[[File:Map of the Caribbean.png | thumb|upright=3 | center | Map of Caribbean islands]]

== Table ==

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{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header col2left" {{right}}
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! !! Country / dependency !! % total !! UN 2023<br>estimate !! %<br>change !! Official<br>figure !! Official<br>date
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| 1 || {{flag|Haiti}} || 25.0% || 11,724,764 || 1.2% || 9,801,664 || 1 Jul 2012<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://www.haiti.org/haiti-at-a-glance/ |title = Haiti at a Glance |website = Embassy of the Republic of Haiti |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
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| 2 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 24.0% || 11,332,973 || 0.9% || 10,711,155 || 1 Jul 2023<ref>Official projection {{cite web |url = https://www.one.gob.do/datos-y-estadisticas/temas/estadisticas-demograficas/estimaciones-y-proyecciones-demograficas/ |title = Estimated and projected population |date = 27 Oct 2015 |website = National Statistics Office |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || {{flag|Cuba}} || 24.0% || 11,194,449 || -0.2% || 10,055,968 || 1 Dec 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gámez Torres |first=Nora |date=July 24, 2024 |title=Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article290249799.html |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Miami Herald}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Puerto Rico}} ([[US]]) || 7.0% || 3,260,314 || -1.6% || 3,203,295 || 1 Jul 2024<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/PR/PST045223 |title = QuickFacts |date = 18 May 2023 |website = US Census |access-date = 15 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || 6.1% || 2,825,544 || -0.1% || 2,734,092 || 1 Jul 2019<ref>Official projection  {{cite web |url = https://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/PopulationStats.aspx |title = Population Statistics |website = Statistical Institute of Jamaica |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 3.3% || 1,534,937 || 0.3% || 1,365,805 || 30 Jun 2022<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://cso.gov.tt/subjects/population-and-vital-statistics/population/ |title = Population Statistics |website = Central Statistical Office |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 6 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || 0.9% || 412,624 || 0.6% || 395,640 || 1 Jul 2019<ref>Official projection {{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Bahamas-Islands.html |title=Commonwealth of the Bahamas |date=13 Mar 2019 |website=City Population |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Guadeloupe}} ([[France]]) || 0.9% || 395,839 || 0.0% || 390,253 || 1 Jul 2020<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf |title = Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 |website = Insee |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Martinique}} ([[France]]) || 0.8% || 366,981 || -0.1% || 372,594 || 1 Jul 2020<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf |title = Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 |website = Insee |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || {{flag|Barbados}} || 0.6% || 281,996 || 0.1% || 277,821 || 1 May 2010<ref>Adjusted census result {{cite web |url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/barbados/ |title = Barbados |date = 14 May 2022 |website = City Population |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Curaçao}} ([[Netherlands]]) || 0.4% || 192,077 || 0.5% || 148,925 || 1 Jan 2023<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://curacaodata.cbs.cw/people-and-society |title = People and Society |website = Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || {{flag|Saint Lucia}} || 0.4% || 180,251 || 0.2% || 178,696 || 1 Jul 2018<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://stats.gov.lc/subjects/society/population/ |title = Population |website = Central Statistical Office |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 9 || {{flag|Grenada}} || 0.3% || 126,184 || 0.6% || 112,579 || 1 Jul 2019<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/grenada/ |title = Grenada |date = 29 Aug 2021 |website = City Population |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Aruba}} ([[Netherlands]]) || 0.2% || 106,277 || 0.4% || 108,027 || 31 Dec 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=The development of the population of Aruba – Central Bureau of Statistics |url=https://cbs.aw/wp/index.php/2022/11/24/test-births/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 10 || {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 0.2% || 103,699 || -0.2% || 110,418 || 1 Jul 2022<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://stats.gov.vc/subjects/population-and-demography/ |title = Population and Demography |website = Statistical Office |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}} ([[US]]) || 0.2% || 98,750 || -0.7% || 87,146 || 1 Apr 2020<ref>2020 Census result {{cite web |url = https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/island-areas/us-virgin-islands/population-and-housing-unit-counts/us-virgin-islands-phc-table01.pdf |title = Population of the United States Virgin Islands |date = 28 Oct 2021 |website = US Census |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 11 || {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 0.2% || 94,298 || 0.6% || 100,772 || 1 Jan 2022<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://statistics.gov.ag/ |title = Population Estimates |website = Statistics Division |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 12 || {{flag|Dominica}} || 0.2% || 73,040 || 0.4% || 71,293 || 14 May 2011<ref>2011 census result {{cite web |url = https://dominica.gov.dm/images/documents/2011_census_report.pdf |title = 2011 Population and Housing Census |date = 1 Sep 2011 |website = Statistics Division |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Cayman Islands}} ([[UK]]) || 0.1% || 69,310 || 0.9% || 71,432 || 10 Oct 2021<ref>2021 census result {{cite web |url = https://www.eso.ky/user_images/census_2021/Section_1.1.pdf |title = Cayman Islands’ 2021 Census Report |website = Economics and Statistics Office |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 13 || {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 0.1% || 47,755 || 0.2% || 47,195 || 15 May 2011<ref>2011 census result {{cite web |url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/stkittsnevis/ |title = St. Kitts and Nevis |date = 7 May 2019 |website = City Population |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} ([[UK]]) || 0.1% || 46,062 || 0.8% || 46,131 || 1 Jul 2021<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://www.gov.tc/stats/ |title = 2021 Indicators |website = Statistics Department |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Sint Maarten}} ([[Netherlands]]) || 0.1% || 44,222 || 0.1% || 42,938 || 1 Jan 2023<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = http://stats.sintmaartengov.org/ |title = Recent Indicators |website = Department of Statistics |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Saint Martin}} ([[France]]) || 0.07% || 32,077 || 0.9% || 36,108 || 1 Jan 2020<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf |title = Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 |website = Insee |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} ([[UK]]) || 0.07% || 31,538 || 0.7% || 28,054 || 12 Jul 2010<ref>2010 census result {{cite web |url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/britishvirginislands/ |title = British Virgin Islands |date = 14 May 2022 |website = City Population |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Caribbean Netherlands}} ([[Netherlands]]) || 0.06% || 27,148 || 0.4% || 27,726 || 1 Jan 2022<ref>Official estimate {{cite web |url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/caribbeannetherlands/ |title = Caribbean Netherlands |date = 15 Sep 2022 |website = City Population |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Anguilla}} ([[UK]]) || 0.03% || 15,900 || 0.3% || 15,780 || 1 Dec 2022<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = http://statistics.gov.ai/ |title = Population |website = Statistics Department |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Saint Barthélemy|variant=local}} ([[France]]) || 0.02% || 10,994 || 0.2% || 10,083 || 1 Jan 2020<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf |title = Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020 |website = Insee |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{hs|end}} – || {{flag|Montserrat}} ([[UK]]) || 0.01% || 4,387 || -0.1% || 4,433 || 1 Jul 2022<ref>Official figure {{cite web |url = https://statistics.gov.ms/ |title = Statistics Department Montserrat |website = Statistics Department |access-date = 28 May 2023}}</ref>
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| {{hs|end}} – || '''Caribbean''' || '''100%''' || '''46,482,286''' || '''0.6%''' || '''43,432,864''' || |
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Caribbean islands by area]]
*[[List of Caribbean islands|List of Caribbean islands by political affiliation]]
*[[List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies]]
*[[List of West Indian first-level country subdivisions]]

{{Caribbean topics}}
{{Lists of countries by population statistics}}

==References==
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[[Category:Caribbean]]
[[Category:Demographics of the Caribbean|*]]
[[Category:Lists of countries in the Caribbean|Population]]
[[Category:Lists of countries by large sub or trans-continental region, by population|Caribbean]]