Island region of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean
This article is about the island region in the Caribbean and North Atlantic Ocean. For other uses, see West Indies (disambiguation).
West Indies
Area
239,681 km2 (92,541 sq mi)
Population
44,182,048[1][2]
Population density
151.5/km2 (392/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
Amerindian, Afro-Caribbean, White Caribbeans, Indo-Caribbean, Latino or Hispanic (Spanish, Portuguese, Mestizo, Mulatto, Pardo, and Zambo), Chinese, Jewish, Arab, Javanese,[3] Hmong, Multiracial
Religions
73.5% Christianity
52.3% Catholicism
20.2% Protestantism
1.0% other Christian
20.6% no religion
2.5% folk religions
2.1% Hinduism
1.3% others[4]
Demonym
West Indian, Caribbean
Countries
13
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Dependencies
18
Anguilla (UK)
Aruba (Netherlands)
Bonaire (Netherlands)
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Cayman Islands (UK)
Curaçao (Netherlands)
Guadeloupe (France)
Martinique (France)
Montserrat (UK)
Haiti-Navassa Island (United States) and (Haiti)
Puerto Rico (United States)
Saba (Netherlands)
Saint Barthélemy (France)
Saint Martin (France)
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
US Virgin Islands (United States)
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Dutch, French Creoles, English Creoles, Dutch Creoles, Papiamento, Caribbean Hindi, Chinese, and others
Time zones
UTC−05:00 to UTC−04:00
Internet TLD
Multiple
Calling code
Multiple
Largest cities
List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean Santo Domingo Havana Port-au-Prince San Juan Kingston Santiago de Cuba Santiago de los Caballeros Nassau Camagüey Cap-Haïtien
UN M49 code
029 – Caribbean 419 – Latin America 019 – Americas 001 – World
East Indies
Indies (Indian subcontinent and Myanmar)
Western New Guinea
West Indies
Countries sometimes included in West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.[5]
The subregion includes all the islands in the Antilles, plus The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are in the North Atlantic Ocean. Nowadays, the term West Indies is often interchangeable with the term Caribbean, although the latter may also include some Central and South American mainland nations which have Caribbean coastlines or coastlines close to the Caribbean, such as Belize, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as the Atlantic island nation of Bermuda, all of which are geographically distinct from the three main island groups, but culturally related.
^"World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
^"World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
^McWhorter, John H. (2005). Defining Creole. Oxford University Press US. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-19-516670-5.
^Johnson, Todd M.; Crossing, Peter F. (14 October 2022). "Religions by Continent". Journal of Religion and Demography. 9 (1–2): 91–110. doi:10.1163/2589742x-bja10013.
^Caldecott, Alfred (1898). The Church in the West Indies. London: Frank Cass and Co. p. 11. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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