
Sint Maarten Location Map

Sint Maarten Facts
Full Official Name: Sint Maarten
Demonym: Sint Maartener
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Area
Total Area: 34 km²
Total Land Area: 34 km²
Total Water Area: 0 km²
Demographics
Population: 46,215
Population Growth Rate: 1.15% (2024 est.)
Largest City: Lower Prince’s Quarter (Population: 8,143)
Ethnic Groups: Saint Maarten 29.9%, Dominican Republic 10.2%, Haiti 7.8%, Jamaica 6.6%, Saint Martin 5.9%, Guyana 5%, Dominica 4.4%, Curacao 4.1%, Aruba 3.4%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8%, India 2.6%, Netherlands 2.2%, US 1.6%, Suriname 1.4%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, Anguilla 1.1%, other 8%, unspecified 1.7% (2011 est.)
Languages: English (official) 67.5%, Spanish 12.9%, Creole 8.2%, Dutch (official) 4.2%, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 2.2%, French 1.5%, other 3.5% (2001 est.)
Religions: Protestant 41.9% (Pentecostal 14.7%, Methodist 10.0%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.6%, Baptist 4.7%, Anglican 3.1%, other Protestant 2.8%), Roman Catholic 33.1%, Hindu 5.2%, Christian 4.1%, Jehovah’s Witness 1.7%, Evangelical 1.4%, Muslim/Jewish 1.1%, other 1.3% (includes Buddhist, Sikh, Rastafarian), none 7.9%, no response 2.4% (2011 est.)
Economy
Currency: Netherlands Antillean guilder, U.S. dollar, euro
Real GDP at Purchasing Power Parity ($ PPP): $1.912 billion (2023 est.)
GDP per capita (PPP): $46,400 (2023 est.)
Exports Value Per Year: $1.372 billion (2022 est.)
Biggest Export Partners: France 41%, Antigua and Barbuda 18%, US 13%, Morocco 9%, UK 7% (2022)
Imports Value Per Year: $1.318 billion (2022 est.)
Biggest Import Partners: Sint MaartenUS 77%, Netherlands 7%, France 4%, Trinidad and Tobago 2%, Switzerland 2% (2022)
Government
Type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Capital City: Philipsburg (Population: 1,894)
Other Facts
Time Zone: UTC-4 (AST)
Country Code: SX, NL-SX
Internet TLD: .sx
Climate Map of Sint Maarten
Climate: tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in moderate temperatures; average rainfall of 150 cm/year; hurricane season stretches from July to November