Country information - Caribbean Sea
ISLANDS |
AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA |
170 sq' miles |
66,000 |
St. John's |
Independent from Britain since 1981 |
ARUBA |
75 sq' miles |
62,000 |
Oranjestad |
Dutch island |
BAHAMAS |
5,359 sq' miles |
262,000 |
Nassau |
Independent from Britain since 1973 |
BARBADOS |
160 sq' miles |
259,000 |
Bridgetown |
Independent from Britain since 1960 |
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
100 sq' miles |
29,000 |
Georg Town |
British dependency |
DOMINICA |
290 sq' miles |
72,000 |
Roseau |
Independent since 1978 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
18,815 sq' miles |
7.47 million |
Santo Domingo |
Occupies eastern Hispaniola |
GRENADA |
133 sq' miles |
91,000 |
St. George's |
Independent since 1974 |
GUADELOUPE |
660 sq' miles |
400,000 |
Basse-Terre |
French overseas department |
HAITI |
10,714 sq' miles |
6.7 million |
Port-au-Prince |
Occupies western Hispaniola |
JAMAICA |
64,243 sq' miles |
2.4 million |
Kingston |
Independent from Britain since 1962 |
MARTINIQUE |
425 sq' miles |
368,000 |
Fort-de-France |
French overseas department |
MONTSERRAT |
39 sq' miles |
11,000 |
Plymouth |
Self-governing British dependency |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
383 sq' miles |
175,000 |
Willemstad |
Self-governing part of the Netherlands |
PUERTO RICO |
3,436 sq' miles |
3.5 million |
San Juan |
Ceded by Spain to the US in 1898 |
ST. CHRISTOPHER & NEVIS |
139 sq' miles |
42,000 |
Basseterre |
Independent since 1983 |
ST. LUCIA |
236 sq' miles |
137,000 |
Castries |
Independent since 1979 |
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES |
150 sq' miles |
109,000 |
Kingstown |
Independent from Britain in 1979 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
1,981 sq' miles |
1.2 million |
Port-of-Spain |
Independent from Britain in 1962 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
130 sq' miles |
107,000 |
Charlotte Amalie |
US territory |