STATS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN

Population Source: World Bank / national statistics offices 2024
1🇲🇽 Mexico
130.0M
2🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5.1M
3🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
3.20M
4🇧🇸 Bahamas
401K
5🇧🇧 Barbados
282K
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
158K
7🇦🇼 Aruba
108K
8🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
105K
9🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
88.8K
10🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
46.7K
11🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
44.0K
Land Area (km²) Source: CIA World Factbook · Sint Maarten = Dutch side only
1🇲🇽 Mexico
1,964,375
2🇨🇷 Costa Rica
51,100
3🇧🇸 Bahamas
10,010
4🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
8,959
5🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
948
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
444
7🇧🇧 Barbados
430
8🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
346
9🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
264
10🇦🇼 Aruba
180
11🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
34
GDP per Capita (USD, nominal) Source: World Bank 2023–24 (current US$)
1🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
$98,000
2🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
$44,300
3🇧🇸 Bahamas
$39,500
4🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
$39,300
5🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
$36,000
6🇦🇼 Aruba
$34,000
7🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
$29,000
8🇧🇧 Barbados
$26,500
9🇨🇼 Curaçao
$21,400
10🇨🇷 Costa Rica
$13,100
11🇲🇽 Mexico
$10,800
Stayover Air Arrivals (per year) Source: national tourism boards 2024 (Sint Maarten 2023) · PR = non-resident lodgers, USVI = total air arrivals
1🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
1.90M
2🇧🇸 Bahamas
1.72M
3🇦🇼 Aruba
1.42M
4🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
932K
5🇧🇧 Barbados
704K
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
700K
7🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
519K
8🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
438K
9🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
395K
Cruise Passenger Arrivals (per year) Source: national ports / Caribbean Tourism Org 2024 · Bahamas national total; Nassau port alone ~5.6M
1🇧🇸 Bahamas
9.1M
2🇲🇽 Mexico
6.9M
3🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
1.77M
4🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
1.40M
5🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
1.32M
6🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
1.22M
7🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
1.0M
8🇨🇼 Curaçao
835K
9🇧🇧 Barbados
816K
10🇦🇼 Aruba
621K
11🇨🇷 Costa Rica
400K
Life Expectancy (years) Source: World Bank / CIA World Factbook 2023–24
1🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
82.3
2🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
82.1
3🇨🇷 Costa Rica
80.8
4🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
80.4
5🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
80.3
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
79.9
7🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
79.7
8🇦🇼 Aruba
78.5
9🇧🇧 Barbados
76.0
10🇲🇽 Mexico
75.5
11🇧🇸 Bahamas
75.0
Highest Elevation (m) Source: CIA World Factbook · highest natural point per island
1🇲🇽 Mexico
5,636
2🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3,819
3🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
1,338
4🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
474
5🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
383
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
372
7🇧🇧 Barbados
340
8🇦🇼 Aruba
188
9🇧🇸 Bahamas
63
10🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
50
11🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
49
Coastline (km) Source: CIA World Factbook · Sint Maarten figure is whole-island
1🇲🇽 Mexico
9,330
2🇧🇸 Bahamas
3,542
3🇨🇷 Costa Rica
1,290
4🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
501
5🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
389
6🇨🇼 Curaçao
364
7🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
188
8🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
160
9🇧🇧 Barbados
97
10🇦🇼 Aruba
68
11🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
59
Average Daytime High (°F, annual) Source: climate normals composites · warm year-round across the region
1🇲🇽 Mexico
88.0°F
2🇨🇼 Curaçao
87.5°F
3🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
86.7°F
4🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
86.0°F
5🇧🇧 Barbados
85.0°F
6🇦🇼 Aruba
85.0°F
7🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
84.5°F
8🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
84.5°F
9🇧🇸 Bahamas
84.0°F
10🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
83.5°F
11🇨🇷 Costa Rica
86.0°F
Average Sea Temperature (°F, annual) Source: sea-surface climate data · swimmable all twelve months
1🇲🇽 Mexico
82.0°F
2🇧🇧 Barbados
82.0°F
3🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
82.0°F
4🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
81.5°F
5🇨🇼 Curaçao
81.5°F
6🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
81.5°F
7🇦🇼 Aruba
81.0°F
8🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
81.0°F
9🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
81.0°F
10🇧🇸 Bahamas
80.0°F
11🇨🇷 Costa Rica
82.0°F
Average Annual Rainfall (mm) Source: climate normals composites · the ABC islands (Aruba, Curaçao) sit in the southern arid belt
1🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3,300 mm
2🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
1,521 mm
3🇰🇾 Cayman Is.
1,282 mm
4🇲🇽 Mexico
1,240 mm
5🇧🇸 Bahamas
1,170 mm
6🇧🇧 Barbados
1,122 mm
7🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Is.
1,005 mm
8🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
917 mm
9🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos
850 mm
10🇦🇼 Aruba
649 mm
11🇨🇼 Curaçao
550 mm
Average Sunshine Hours by Month (main city) Source: NOAA 1991–2020 normals (San Juan) · climate-data composites elsewhere (estimated)
Island / City JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec Annual
🇦🇼 Oranjestad 250250285270270275 300300285260235240 3,220
🇨🇼 Willemstad 270255285270260250 270303240245236277 3,161
🇰🇾 George Town 248224279300279240 279248240248210217 3,012
🇹🇨 Providenciales 248248265270265255 275275240235220224 3,020
🇻🇮 Charlotte Amalie 248224279270248240 279279240248210217 2,982
🇸🇽 Philipsburg 245225275265250245 275275245240215225 2,980
🇵🇷 San Juan 237231282268255259 281268235227202217 2,964
🇧🇸 Nassau 217224248275279240 279279212217210217 2,897
🇧🇧 Bridgetown 233238279270257231 242233204195195217 2,794
🇨🇷 Costa Rica (San José) 18619922018612493 1301309393132168 1,754
Sunshine hours/month · under 80 80–160 160–240 240–300 300–360 360+ / yr-high
Mexico & Central America · Stayover Air Arrivals (per year) Source: SECTUR (Mexico) 2023 · ICT (Costa Rica) 2024
1🇲🇽 Mexico
24.3M
2🇨🇷 Costa Rica
3.07M
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Source: UNESCO World Heritage List 2024 · Curaçao site inscribed under Netherlands · Puerto Rico site inscribed under United States · Bahamas, Aruba, USVI, Cayman Islands, Sint Maarten, Turks & Caicos: 0 sites
1🇲🇽 Mexico
35 sites
2🇨🇷 Costa Rica
4 sites
3🇧🇧 Barbados
1 site
4🇨🇼 Curaçao
1 site
5🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
1 site
Practical Quick Facts Currency · USD acceptance · languages · driving side · plugs & voltage
IslandCurrencyUSD?LanguagesDrivesPlug · Volts
🇦🇼 ArubaAruban florin (AWG)WidelyPapiamento, Dutch, English, SpanishRightA / B · 120V
🇧🇸 BahamasBahamian dollar (1:1 USD)InterchangeableEnglishLeftA / B · 120V
🇧🇧 BarbadosBarbadian dollar (2:1 USD)WidelyEnglish, Bajan CreoleLeftA / B · 115V / 50Hz
🇰🇾 Cayman IslandsCayman dollar (KYD)Widely (fixed)English, SpanishLeftA / B · 120V
🇨🇼 CuraçaoCaribbean guilder (XCG)WidelyPapiamentu, Dutch, English, SpanishRightA / B / F · 127V / 50Hz
🇵🇷 Puerto RicoUS dollarSole currencySpanish, EnglishRightA / B · 120V
🇸🇽 Sint MaartenCaribbean guilder (XCG)Very widelyEnglish, DutchRightA / B · 110V
🇹🇨 Turks and CaicosUS dollarSole currencyEnglishLeftA / B · 120V
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin IslandsUS dollarSole currencyEnglish, SpanishLeftA / B · 120V
🇨🇷 Costa RicaCosta Rican colón (CRC)WidelySpanishRightA / B · 120V
Curaçao & Sint Maarten adopted the Caribbean guilder (XCG) in 2025, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG).
Sources
Figures represent the most recent available data at time of publication. Tourist-arrival definitions vary by territory — Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands report total air arrivals / non-resident lodgers rather than a deduplicated stayover count, and monthly sunshine outside San Juan is estimated from climate composites.

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