Caribbean Population Pyramid 2006
Year
2006Caribbean in 2006
The population of the Caribbean in 2006 was 40,246,216. That is 9.7% more than in 1996, when the population stood at 36,694,614.
With a median age of 27.9 years, the Caribbean had a youth dependency ratio of 43.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 12.0 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
1,646,192 immigrants live in Caribbean.
| Haiti | 611,982 |
| United States of America | 220,748 |
| Venezuela | 209,283 |
| France | 107,902 |
| Dominican Republic | 77,895 |
9,493,471 people born in Caribbean live in other countries.
| United States of America | 6,753,488 |
| Dominican Republic | 545,051 |
| Spain | 417,483 |
| Canada | 398,239 |
| Chile | 209,423 |





