Between 2011 and 2023, the population of the Caribbean island Saba increased slightly. Saba, one of the three special municipalities of the Netherlands, counted roughly two thousand inhabitants in 2023. Population peaked in 2018, at approximately 2,200. In total, the three special municipalities forming the Caribbean Netherlands were home to around 29,400 people in 2023.
Three special municipalities…
Of the three special municipalities, Saba is the smallest and the least populous. Bonaire is the largest, with just under 22.6 thousand inhabitants in 2022. Approximately 3.2 thousand people lived on Sint Eustatius, Saba’s neighbor to the east.
… And three independent Caribbean countries
Next to the three special municipalities, there are three more islands in the Caribbean with a connection to the Netherlands. Sint Maarten, Aruba and Curaçao are independent countries, but still part of the larger Kingdom of the Netherlands. Of these three islands, Curaçao is the largest, with a population of around 151 thousand in 2022. The population of Aruba amounted to roughly 111 thousand in 2020. Of the three independent countries, Sint Maarten was the smallest in terms of population, with just over 40,000 inhabitants.
Population of Saba in the Caribbean Netherlands from 2011 to 2023
Characteristic
Number of people
2023
2,035
2022
1,911
2021
1,918
2020
1,933
2019
1,915
2018
2,155
2017
2,010
2016
1,947
2015
1,811
2014
1,846
2013
1,991
2012
1,971
2011
1,797
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (April 17, 2023). Population of Saba in the Caribbean Netherlands from 2011 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/706807/population-of-saba-in-the-caribbean-netherlands/
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