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People Aruba
Population: 70,441
Age structure: 0-14 years: 21% 15-64 years: 68.4% 65 years and over: 10.6%
Population growth rate: 0.59%
Birth rate: 12.22 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.29 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: NEGL migrant/1,000 population
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male/female under 15 years: 1.07 male/female 15-64 years: 0.93 male/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male/female total population: 0.93 male/female
Infant mortality rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 82.19 years male: Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Aruban adjective: Aruban; Dutch
Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%
Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
Languages: Dutch , Papiamento , English , Spanish
Literacy: definition: NA total population: 97% male: NA% female: NA%
Government Aruba
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Aruba
Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Oranjestad
Administrative divisions: none
Independence: none
National holiday: Flag Day, 18 March
Constitution: 1 January 1986
Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Legislative branch: unicameral Legislature or Staten election results: percent of vote by party - MEP 52.4%, AVP 26.7%, PPA 9.6%, OLA 5.7%, Aliansa 3.5%, other 2.1%; seats by party - MEP 12, AVP 6, PPA 2, OLA 1 elections: Judicial branch: Joint High Court of Justice
Political parties and leaders: Aruba Solidarity Movement or MAS ; Aruban Democratic Alliance or Aliansa ; Aruban Democratic Party or PDA ; Aruban Liberal Party or OLA ; Aruban Patriotic Party or PPA ; Aruban People's Party or AVP ; Concentration for the Liberation of Aruba or CLA ; People's Electoral Movement Party or MEP ; For a Restructured Aruba Now or PARA ; National Democratic Action or ADN
Political pressure groups and leaders: NA
International organization participation: Caricom , ECLAC , Interpol, IOC, UNESCO , WCL, WToO
Diplomatic representation in the US: none
Diplomatic representation from the US: Consul General Barbara J. STEPHENSON embassy: Curacao telephone: 461-3066 FAX: 461-6489
Flag description: blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner
Economy Aruba
Economy - overview: Tourism is the mainstay of the small, open Aruban economy, with offshore banking and oil refining and storage also important. The rapid growth of the tourism sector over the last decade has resulted in a substantial expansion of other activities. Construction has boomed, with hotel capacity five times the 1985 level. In addition, the reopening of the country's oil refinery in 1993, a major source of employment and foreign exchange earnings, has further spurred growth. Aruba's small labor force and low unemployment rate have led to a large number of unfilled job vacancies, despite sharp rises in wage rates in recent years. The government's goal of balancing the budget within two years will hamper expenditures, as will the decline in stopover tourist arrivals following the 11 September terrorist attacks.
GDP: purchasing power parity - .94 billion
GDP - real growth rate: 2.5%
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - ,000
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate : 4%
Labor force: 41,501
Labor force - by occupation: most employment is in wholesale and retail trade and repair, followed by hotels and restaurants; oil refining
Unemployment rate: 0.6%
Budget: revenues: 5.81 million expenditures: 7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
Industries: tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
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