List of Caribbean countries by population

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.

Map

Map of island countries and dependencies in the Caribbean

Graph

Top island populations by country and dependency in the Caribbean

1. Haiti (25.2%)
2. Dominican Republic (24.4%)
3. Cuba (24.1%)
4. Puerto Rico (US) (7.00%)
5. Jamaica (6.10%)
6. Trinidad and Tobago (3.30%)
7. Others (9.90%)

Table

	Country/dependency	% total	UN 2023 estimate	% change	Official figure	Official date
1	Haiti	25.0%	11,724,764	1.2%	9,801,664	1 Jul 2012 [2]
2	Dominican Republic	24.0%	11,332,973	0.9%	10,711,155	1 Jul 2023 [3]
3	Cuba	24.0%	11,194,449	-0.2%	10,055,968	1 Dec 2023 [4]
4	Puerto Rico (US)	7.0%	3,260,314	-1.6%	3,203,295	1 Jul 2024 [5]
5	Jamaica	6.1%	2,825,544	-0.1%	2,734,092	1 Jul 2019 [6]
6	Trinidad and Tobago	3.3%	1,534,937	0.3%	1,365,805	30 Jun 2022 [7]
7	Bahamas	0.9%	412,624	0.6%	395,640	1 Jul 2019 [8]
8	Guadeloupe (France)	0.9%	395,839	0.0%	390,253	1 Jul 2020 [9]
9	Martinique (France)	0.8%	366,981	-0.1%	372,594	1 Jul 2020 [10]
10	Barbados	0.6%	281,996	0.1%	269,090	1 May 2010 [11]
11	Curaçao (Netherlands)	0.4%	192,077	0.5%	148,925	1 Jan 2023 [12]
12	Saint Lucia	0.4%	180,251	0.2%	178,696	1 Jul 2018 [13]
13	Grenada	0.3%	126,184	0.6%	112,579	1 Jul 2019 [14]
14	Aruba (Netherlands)	0.2%	106,277	0.4%	108,027	31 Dec 2024 [15]
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2%	103,699	-0.2%	110,418	1 Jul 2022 [16]
16	United States Virgin Islands (US)	0.2%	98,750	-0.7%	87,146	1 Apr 2020 [17]
17	Antigua and Barbuda	0.2%	94,298	0.6%	100,772	1 Jan 2022 [18]
18	Dominica	0.2%	73,040	0.4%	71,293	14 May 2011 [19]
19	Cayman Islands (UK)	0.1%	69,310	0.9%	71,432	10 Oct 2021 [20]
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1%	47,755	0.2%	47,195	15 May 2011 [21]
21	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	0.1%	46,062	0.8%	46,131	1 Jul 2021 [22]
22	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	0.1%	44,222	0.1%	42,938	1 Jan 2023 [23]
23	Saint Martin (France)	0.07%	32,077	0.9%	36,108	1 Jan 2020 [24]
24	British Virgin Islands (UK)	0.07%	31,538	0.7%	28,054	12 Jul 2010 [25]
25	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	0.06%	27,148	0.4%	27,726	1 Jan 2022 [26]
26	Anguilla (UK)	0.03%	15,900	0.3%	15,780	1 Dec 2022 [27]
27	Saint Barthélemy (France)	0.02%	10,994	0.2%	10,083	1 Jan 2020 [28]
28	Montserrat (UK)	0.01%	4,387	-0.1%	4,433	1 Jul 2022 [29]
Caribbean		100%	46,482,286	0.6%	43,432,864

See also

• List of Caribbean islands
• List of Caribbean islands by area
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean
• List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies
• List of West Indian first-level country subdivisions

References

1. "Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". UNdata. United Nations Statistics Division. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
2. Official estimate "Haiti at a Glance". Embassy of the Republic of Haiti. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
3. Official projection "Estimated and projected population". National Statistics Office. 27 Oct 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
4. Gámez Torres, Nora (July 24, 2024). "Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis". Miami Herald. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
5. Official estimate "QuickFacts". US Census. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
6. Official projection "Population Statistics". Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
7. Official estimate "Population Statistics". Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
8. Official projection "Commonwealth of the Bahamas". City Population. 13 Mar 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
9. Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
10. Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
11. Adjusted census result "Barbados". City Population. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
12. Official figure "People and Society". Central Bureau of Statistics. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
13. Official estimate "Population". Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
14. Official estimate "Grenada". City Population. 29 Aug 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
15. "The development of the population of Aruba – Central Bureau of Statistics". 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
16. Official estimate "Population and Demography". Statistical Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
17. 2020 Census result "Population of the United States Virgin Islands" (PDF). US Census. 28 Oct 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
18. Official figure "Population Estimates". Statistics Division. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
19. 2011 census result "2011 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Statistics Division. 1 Sep 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
20. 2021 census result "Cayman Islands' 2021 Census Report" (PDF). Economics and Statistics Office. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
21. 2011 census result "St. Kitts and Nevis". City Population. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
22. Official figure "2021 Indicators". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
23. Official figure "Recent Indicators". Department of Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
24. Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
25. 2010 census result "British Virgin Islands". City Population. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
26. Official estimate "Caribbean Netherlands". City Population. 15 Sep 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
27. Official figure "Population". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
28. Official figure "Populations légales en vigueur à compter du 1er janvier 2020" (PDF). Insee. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
29. Official figure "Statistics Department Montserrat". Statistics Department. Retrieved 28 May 2023.