List of populated places in the Caribbean

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This is a list of populated places in the Caribbean.p Only the major metropolitan areas and largest populated or significant places in each country, national region/district, or national territory are listed. In most cases, the largest populated place for a given country, national region, or territory is the capital city.

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Largest populated places

List of largest populated places by country/region/territory in the Caribbean
Link to list of cities by country, region, or territoryPopulated placePopulationYearRefs
Anguilla (British Overseas Territory) The Valley 2,0352010 [1]
Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth realm) Saint John's 24,2262010 [2]
Aruba (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Oranjestad 29,9982010 [3]
Bahamas (Commonwealth Realm) Nassau 227,9402010 [4]
Barbados Bridgetown 98,5112010 [5]
Belize (Commonwealth Realm) Belize City [Note 1] 61,4612010 [6]
Bonaire (special municipality of the Netherlands) Kralendijk 10,6202017 [7]
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory) Road Town 8,4492010 [8]
Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory) George Town [Note 2] 40,2002019 [9] [10]
Cuba Havana 2,117,6252015 [11]
Curaçao (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Willemstad 136,6602011 [12]
Dominica Roseau 14,7252011 [13]
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 3,658,6482015 [14]
Grenada (Commonwealth Realm) St. George's 33,7342012 [15]
Guadeloupe (overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France) Pointe-à-Pitre 132,8842013 [16]
Haiti Port-au-Prince 2,618,8942015 [17]
Jamaica (Commonwealth Realm) Kingston 1,190,7632015 [18] [19]
Martinique (overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France) Fort-de-France 78,1262013 [20]
Montserrat (British Overseas Territory) Brades 1,0001998 [21]
Nueva Esparta (a Venezuelan state) Porlamar [Note 1] 144,8302011 [22]
Puerto Rico (Territory of the United States) San Juan metropolitan area 2,196,5382015 [23]
Saba (special municipality of the Netherlands) The Bottom 4622001 [24]
San Andrés and Providencia (Colombian department) San Andrés [Note 1] 55,4262005 [25]
Saint Barthélemy (Dependent Territory of France) Gustavia 2,3002017 [26]
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth Realm) Basseterre 14,0002018 [27]
Saint Lucia (Commonwealth Realm) Castries 20,0002010 [28]
Saint Martin (Dependent Territory of France) Marigot 5,7002006 [29]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth Realm) Kingstown 12,9092012 [30]
Sint Maarten (Constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Philipsburg 1,8942017 [31]
Sint Eustatius (special municipality of the Netherlands) Oranjestad 1,0382001 [32]
Trinidad and Tobago Chaguanas [Note 1] 83,4892011 [33]
Turks and Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territory) Providenciales [Note 1] 23,7692012 [34]
United States Virgin Islands (Territory of the United States) Charlotte Amalie 18,4812010 [35] [36]

Notes:

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Not the capital of the country
  2. George Town is the largest city by population of the British Overseas Territories

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George Town
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San Andrés
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Belize City
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Chaguanas
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Willemstad
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Porlamar
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Nassau
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Kingston
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Havana
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Port-au-Prince
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Santo Domingo
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