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Aruba

أروباআরুবাArubaΑρούμπαآروباארובהअरूबाアルバ아루바Арубаاروبا阿鲁巴

DependencyLatin America and the Caribbean, Americas

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Outline of Aruba

Population

108,173

· UN WPPProjection

GDP

$4.17 billion

· World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$38,591

· World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

76.8 years

· UN WPPProjection

Area

180 km²

· World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Aruba is dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas.

Every figure names its source, year, and whether it is an actual value, an estimate, or a projection. Missing values stay missing.

ISO alpha-2
AW
ISO alpha-3
ABW
UN M49
533
Wikidata
Q21203

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection
108,173

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Population (1 July)Projection
108,164

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Population growth rateProjection
−0 percent

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Population densityProjection
600.9 persons per km²

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s density is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 102.3 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Median ageProjection
41.7 years

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s median age is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 35.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population sex ratioProjection
89.5 males per 100 females

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Total fertility rateProjection
1.6 live births per woman

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s tfr is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 1.6 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Crude birth rateProjection
9.5 per 1,000 population

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Net number of migrantsProjection
73

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Net migration rateProjection
0.7 per 1,000 population

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Urban population
61.7%

2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s urban is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 72% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and close to median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population ages 0–14
16.5%

2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Population ages 15–64
65.7%

2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Population ages 65 and above
17.8%

2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s ages 65+ is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 10.8% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Aruba, 1950 to 2100 UN World Population Prospects medium variant. Estimates through 2023; dashed line marks projections from 2024. 40,00060,00080,000100,000 19601980200020202040206020802100 Projection
Population of Aruba. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.
Data table
YearPopulationStatus
195042,194estimate
196054,645estimate
197059,020estimate
198061,975estimate
199063,648estimate
200087,822estimate
201099,638estimate
2020107,381estimate
2030107,937projection
2040105,091projection
2050100,284projection
206094,486projection
207089,464projection
208085,157projection
209080,499projection
210075,415projection
210174,924projection
Age structure of Aruba Share of population by broad age group, World Bank World Development Indicators. 196019932025 Ages 0–14Ages 15–64Ages 65+
Age structure of Aruba as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.
Data table
YearAges 65+Status
19602.9% aged 65+actual
19653.1% aged 65+actual
19704% aged 65+actual
19755.2% aged 65+actual
19806.2% aged 65+actual
19857.1% aged 65+actual
19907.2% aged 65+actual
19956.3% aged 65+actual
20006.8% aged 65+actual
20058.1% aged 65+actual
20109.5% aged 65+actual
201511.6% aged 65+actual
202014.6% aged 65+actual
202517.8% aged 65+actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product
$4.17 billion

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP per capita
$38,591

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s gdp / capita is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of $38,591 (5 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

GDP, PPP
Int’l $5.58 billion

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP per capita, PPP
Int’l $51,712

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s gdp / capita (ppp) is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of Int’l $41,258 (5 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

GDP growth
6.8 percent

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s gdp growth is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 4.4 (6 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

GNI per capita
$35,200

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s gni / capita is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of $36,890 (6 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Inflation, consumer prices
4.3 percent

2019 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Unemployment, totalProjection
4.3 percent of labour force

2026 · IMF WEO · Projection · World Economic Outlook April 2026

Aruba’s unemployment is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 5.9 (32 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 5.1 among 178 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Trade
164.1 percent of GDP

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Access to electricity
100%

2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Individuals using the Internet
97.2%

2017 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

General government net lending/borrowingProjection
1.9 percent of GDP

2026 · IMF WEO · Projection · World Economic Outlook April 2026

General government gross debtProjection
60.3 percent of GDP

2026 · IMF WEO · Projection · World Economic Outlook April 2026

GDP of Aruba (current US$) Gross domestic product in current US dollars, World Bank World Development Indicators. $0$1 billion$2 billion$3 billion$4 billion 1990200020102020
GDP of Aruba in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.
Data table
YearGDPStatus
1986$406 millionactual
1989$696 millionactual
1992$959 millionactual
1995$1.32 billionactual
1998$1.67 billionactual
2001$1.9 billionactual
2004$2.25 billionactual
2007$2.68 billionactual
2010$2.45 billionactual
2013$2.73 billionactual
2016$2.98 billionactual
2019$3.35 billionactual
2022$3.33 billionactual
2024$4.17 billionactual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Gender Development Index
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Gender Inequality Index
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Multidimensional Poverty Index
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection
76.8 years

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s life expectancy is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 76.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Crude death rateProjection
10.2 per 1,000 population

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection
74.1 years

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s life exp. male is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 74.1 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection
79.2 years

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s life exp. female is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 79.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and close to median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Infant mortality rateProjection
10.4 per 1,000 live births

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s infant mortality is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 9.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Under-five mortality rateProjection
12.5 per 1,000 live births

2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Aruba’s u5mr is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 11.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and close to median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Prevalence of undernourishment
No comparable data

No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Adult literacy rate
96.8%

2010 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Youth literacy rate
99.1%

2010 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Mean years of schooling
10.4 years

2023 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Aruba’s mean years school is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 10 (4 profiles with 2023 data), and above the median of 7.7 among 27 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

School life expectancy
13.5 years

2024 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Life expectancy at birth, Aruba Life expectancy at birth. Estimates through 2023; dashed line marks UN WPP medium-variant projections from 2024. 50607080 19601980200020202040206020802100 Projection
Life expectancy at birth in Aruba. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.
Data table
YearYearsStatus
195058estimate
196064estimate
197067.4estimate
198070.8estimate
199072.5estimate
200072.9estimate
201074.3estimate
202075.4estimate
203077.4projection
204078.8projection
205080.3projection
206081.7projection
207083projection
208084.3projection
209085.5projection
210086.7projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area
180 km²

2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Surface area
180 km²

2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Forest area
2.3%

2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Aruba’s forest is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 44.6% (42 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions
0.9 million tonnes

2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)

CO₂ emissions per capita
8.5 tonnes per person

2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)

Aruba’s co₂ / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 3 (41 profiles with 2024 data), and above the median of 2.8 among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions, Aruba Annual CO₂ emissions from the Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. Not IEA-EDGAR. 00.511.522.5 19401960198020002020
CO₂ emissions of Aruba. Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. OWID / Global Carbon Project, OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project).
Data table
YearMillion tonnesStatus
19260actual
19330actual
19400actual
19470actual
19540.9actual
19610.6actual
19680.6actual
19750.6actual
19820.6actual
19890.6actual
19960.7actual
20032.6actual
20102.5actual
20170.9actual
20240.9actual

Geography

Region
Americas
Subregion
Latin America and the Caribbean
Intermediate region
Caribbean
Natural Earth ADM0_A3
ABW
Cartographic size
Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)
Outline of Aruba
Outline from Natural Earth 50m Admin 0. Made with Natural Earth. Not a locator map.

Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status
Dependency
Publication tier
Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3
NLD
SIDS
Small island developing State

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

  • Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
  • Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
  • Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
  • Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
  • Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
  • Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
  • Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
  • Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
  • Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
  • Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
  • Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
  • Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
  • Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
  • Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
  • Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
  • Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

  • Gross domestic product (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
  • GDP per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
  • Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
  • GDP, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
  • GDP per capita, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
  • GDP growth (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
  • GNI per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
  • Inflation, consumer prices (2019, actual; series FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG)
  • Trade (2024, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
  • Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
  • Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
  • Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
  • Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
  • Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
  • Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
  • Individuals using the Internet (2017, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
  • Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
  • Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
  • Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
  • Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
  • Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
  • Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
  • Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
  • Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
  • Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
  • Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
  • Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

IMF World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook April 2026. Vintage WEO April 2026. IMF data terms. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

  • Unemployment, total (2026, projection; series LUR)
  • General government net lending/borrowing (2026, projection; series GGXCNL_NGDP)
  • General government gross debt (2026, projection; series GGXWDG_NGDP)
  • Alternate: Gross domestic product (2026, projection; series NGDPD)
  • Alternate: GDP per capita (2026, projection; series NGDPDPC)
  • Alternate: GDP growth (2026, projection; series NGDP_RPCH)
  • Alternate: Inflation, consumer prices (2026, projection; series PCPIPCH)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026). Vintage UIS February 2026. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

  • Adult literacy rate (2010, actual; series LR.AG15T99)
  • Youth literacy rate (2010, actual; series LR.AG15T24)
  • Mean years of schooling (2023, actual; series MYS.1T8.AG25T99)
  • School life expectancy (2024, actual; series SLE.1T8)

Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project)

OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project). Vintage OWID CO₂ December 2025. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

  • CO₂ emissions (2024, actual; series co2)
  • CO₂ emissions per capita (2024, actual; series co2_per_capita)

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