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

Caribbean population by country

1. Haiti (25.2%)
2. Dominican Republic (24.4%)
3. Cuba (24.1%)
4. Puerto Rico (US) (7%)
5. Jamaica (6.1%)
6. Trinidad and Tobago (3.3%)

Map of Caribbean islands

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]
–	Puerto Rico (US)	7.0%	3,260,314	-1.6%	3,203,295	1 Jul 2024[5]
4	Jamaica	6.1%	2,825,544	-0.1%	2,734,092	1 Jul 2019[6]
5	Trinidad and Tobago	3.3%	1,534,937	0.3%	1,365,805	30 Jun 2022[7]
6	Guyana	1.8%	813,834	0.6%	743,699	1 Jul 2019[8]
7	Suriname	1.3%	623,237	0.8%	616,500	1 Jul 2021[9]
8	Bahamas	0.9%	412,624	0.6%	395,640	1 Jul 2019[10]
9	Belize	0.9%	410,825	1.4%	441,471	1 Jul 2022[11]
–	Guadeloupe (France)	0.9%	395,839	0.0%	390,253	1 Jul 2020[12]
–	Martinique (France)	0.8%	366,981	-0.1%	372,594	1 Jul 2020[13]
10	Barbados	0.6%	281,996	0.1%	277,821	1 May 2010[14]
–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	0.4%	192,077	0.5%	148,925	1 Jan 2023[15]
11	Saint Lucia	0.4%	180,251	0.2%	178,696	1 Jul 2018[16]
12	Grenada	0.3%	126,184	0.6%	112,579	1 Jul 2019[17]
–	Aruba (Netherlands)	0.2%	106,277	0.4%	108,027	31 Dec 2024[18]
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2%	103,699	-0.2%	110,418	1 Jul 2022[19]
–	United States Virgin Islands (US)	0.2%	98,750	-0.7%	87,146	1 Apr 2020[20]
14	Antigua and Barbuda	0.2%	94,298	0.6%	100,772	1 Jan 2022[21]
15	Dominica	0.2%	73,040	0.4%	71,293	14 May 2011[22]
–	Cayman Islands (UK)	0.1%	69,310	0.9%	71,432	10 Oct 2021[23]
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1%	47,755	0.2%	47,195	15 May 2011[24]
–	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	0.1%	46,062	0.8%	46,131	1 Jul 2021[25]
–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	0.1%	44,222	0.1%	42,938	1 Jan 2023[26]
–	Saint Martin (France)	0.07%	32,077	0.9%	36,108	1 Jan 2020[27]
–	British Virgin Islands (UK)	0.07%	31,538	0.7%	28,054	12 Jul 2010[28]
–	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	0.06%	27,148	0.4%	27,726	1 Jan 2022[29]
–	Anguilla (UK)	0.03%	15,900	0.3%	15,780	1 Dec 2022[30]
–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	0.02%	10,994	0.2%	10,083	1 Jan 2020[31]
–	Montserrat (UK)	0.01%	4,387	-0.1%	4,433	1 Jul 2022[32]
–	Caribbean	100%	46,482,286	0.6%	43,432,864

See also

• List of Caribbean islands by area
• List of Caribbean islands by political affiliation
• List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies
• List of West Indian first-level country subdivisions