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Caribbean Netherlands

The Caribbean Netherlands is in Caribbean. It is not a member state of the United Nations. It is listed here because it has its own country code. Its official name is Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. In the languages of the place it is called Caribisch Nederland, Boneiru, Sint Eustatius y Saba. It has 3 capital cities: Kralendijk, Oranjestad, The Bottom.

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Key facts

Capital
Kralendijk, Oranjestad, The Bottom
Region
Americas, Caribbean
Population
18,012
Area
328 km²
Currency
United States dollar (USD)
Languages
Dutch, Papiamento, English
Calling code
+599
Internet domain
.bq, .nl
ISO codes
BQ, BES, 535
Time zone
UTC-4:00
United Nations
Not a member

Land and position

The Caribbean Netherlands covers about 328 square kilometres. By area it ranks 214th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Grenada and a little larger than Malta. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 12° north, 68° west, in the northern hemisphere.

People

About 18,012 people live in the Caribbean Netherlands (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 225th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 55 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: Dutch, Papiamento, English. A person from the Caribbean Netherlands is called Dutch.

Money and economy

The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and 7 more.

Time

The Caribbean Netherlands uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Kralendijk). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

CityPeople
Kralendijk10,620

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, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, 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.