Jamaica Overview
Caribbean Population, Size, Language
Published Mar 29, 2003Below is a brief overview of the other Caribbean islands.
| NAME | LOCATION | SIZE | POPULATION | LANGUAGE |
| Anguilla | Eastern Caribbean | 40 Sq. Miles | 10,300 | English |
| Antigua/Barbuda | Eastern Caribbean | 108 Sq. Miles | 66,500 | English |
| Aruba | S. Caribbean | 77 Sq. Miles | 81,507 | Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento |
| The Bahamas | 50 miles S. of Florida | 700 Islands
29 Inhabited |
273,000 | English |
| Barbados | Windwards | 166 Sq. Miles | 264,000 | English |
| Belize | Central America | 8,867 Sq. Miles | 214,000 | English, Spanish, Creole |
| BR Virgin Islands | E. of Puerto Rico | 36 Islands - 59 Sq Miles | 17,896 | English |
| Cayman Islands | NW of Jamaica | 3 Islands - 100 Sq Miles | 31,930 | English |
| Curacao | S. Caribbean | 444 Sq. Miles | 146,828 | Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento |
| Dominica | Eastern Caribbean | 290 Sq. Miles | 73.500 | English, French Creole |
| Dominican Republic | E. 1/3 of Hispaniola | 18,700 Sq Miles | 7.7 million | Spanish |
| French Guiana | South American Coast | 33,135 Sq. Miles | 130,000 | French |
| Grenada | E. Caribbean | 133 Sq. Miles | 95,500 | English |
| Guadeloupe | E. Caribbean | 687 Sq. Miles | 410,000 | French, Creole |
| Guyana | South America | 83,000 Sq. Miles
5% Inhabited |
730,000 | English |
| Haiti | W 1/3 of Hispaniola | 10,700 Sq. Miles | 7 Million | French, Creole |
| Jamaica | South of Cuba | 4,111 Sq. Miles | 2.5 million | English |
| Martinique | E. Caribbean | 840 Sq. Miles | 360,000 | French, Creole |
| Montserrat | Leeward Islands | 39.5 Sq. Miles | 10,581 | English |
| St. Kitts/Nevis | Leeward Islands | 133 Sq. Miles | 42,000 | English |
| St. Lucia | E. Caribbean | 238 Sq. Miles | 142,689 | English & French Patois |
| St. Martin/St. Maarten | 150 miles SE of Puerto Rico | 37 sq. miles | 32,000 (St Martin) & 38,876 (St. Maarten ) | French, Dutch, English |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | E. Caribbean | 150 Sq. Miles | 118,000 | English |
| Suriname | S. America, north of Brazil | 63,251 Sq. Miles | 455,000 | Dutch, Surinamese, Hindi, Chinese and Javanese |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 7 miles west of Venezuela | 1,980 Sq. Miles | 1.2 Million | English |
| Turks & Caicos | SE end of the Bahamas | 192 Sq. Miles | 13,800 | English |
| US Virgin Islands | SE of Puerto Rico | 135 sq miles | 119,827 | English |
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