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Where is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) is grouped in the World Bank's Latin America & Caribbean region. Its listed capital is Philipsburg. Representative coordinates are not available for this profile.
How large is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For Sint Maarten (Dutch part), that mapped area is approximately 42 square kilometres, ranking #229 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.
People and place
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) had a World Bank population value of 43,923 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 1,045.8 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.
Between the fixed comparison years 2000 and 2024, the imported population series changed from 30,773 to 43,350—a rise of 40.9%. This describes net population change, not its demographic causes.
For wider context, the latest imported World Bank GDP value is $1.9B for 2025, ranking #191 among 211 profiles with data. This current-dollar measure should not be read as a cost-of-living or household-income comparison.
The latest imported GDP per capita value is $43K for 2025, ranking #37 among 211 profiles with data. It is average economic output per person, not median household income or a direct measure of living standards.
The latest imported life expectancy at birth value is 76.5 years for 2024, ranking #89 among 215 profiles with data. It is a period estimate based on prevailing mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual person.
Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.
Countries and territories closest in mapped area
These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to Sint Maarten (Dutch part) under the same geometry and spherical calculation.
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn
Guernsey