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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, [1] the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean. In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This ...
The Caribbean region. This is a list of populated places in the Caribbean. Only the major metropolitan areas and largest populated or significant places in each country, national region/district, or national territory are listed. In most cases, the largest populated place for a given country, national region, or territory is the capital city.
The West Indies is a North American subregion, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago, including the English-speaking countries and territories in the wider ...
Island Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Country or Countries 86 Little Exuma: 29 11 Bahamas: 87 West Caicos: 28 11 Turks and Caicos Islands: 88 Beata Island: 27 10 Dominican Republic: 89 San Andrés: 26 10 Colombia ( San Andrés y Providencia) 90 Little Cayman: 26 10 Cayman Islands: 91 Cayo Cruz: 26 10 Cuba: 92 Big Pine Key: 25.8 10 United States ...
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India , China , and the United States ).
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.