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Population: 68 325 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 7 775; female 7 114)
15-64 years: 69% (male 22 616; female 24 700)
65 years and over: 9% (male 2 523; female 3 597) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.47% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 13.74 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 6.4 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.63 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.96 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.92 years
male: 73.22 years
female: 80.81 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Aruban(s)
adjective: Aruban

Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%

Religions: Roman Catholic 82% Protestant 8% Hindu Muslim Confucian Jewish

Languages: Dutch (official) Papiamento (a Spanish Portuguese Dutch English dialect) English (widely spoken) Spanish

Literacy: NA