Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Oranjestad
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 108,785 (2025)
- Area
- 180 km²
- Currency
- Aruban florin (AWG)
- Languages
- Dutch, Papiamento, Spanish, English
- Calling code
- +297
- Internet domain
- .aw
- ISO codes
- AW, ABW, 533
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
Land and position
Aruba covers about 180 square kilometres. By area it ranks 225th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Marshall Islands and a little larger than Liechtenstein. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 12° north, 70° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 108,785 people live in Aruba (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 197th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 604 people to each square kilometre. About 62 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 76 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Dutch, Papiamento, Spanish, English. A person from Aruba is called Aruban.
Money and economy
The currency is the Aruban florin (code AWG, symbol ƒ). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 4.17 billion (2024), which is about US$ 38,591 for each person (2024).
Time
Aruba uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Aruba). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Oranjestad | 29,998 |
| Noord | 24,193 |
| Tanki Leendert | 21,500 |
| Santa Cruz | 15,236 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Cuba. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.