Back Karibiese gebied Afrikaans Karibik ALS ካሪቢያን Amharic الكاريبي Arabic كاريبى ARZ Caribe (rexón) AST Kariba is Antilla AVK Karib hövzəsi Azerbaijani کارائیپ AZB Карыбы Byelorussian
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| Area | 269,681 km2 (104,124 sq mi) |
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| Population | 44,182,048[1][2] |
| Population density | 151.5/km2 (392/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Afro-Caribbean, Latino or Hispanic, (Spanish, Portuguese, Criollo, Mestizo, Mulatto, Pardo, and Zambo), Indian, European, Chinese, Jewish, Arab, Amerindian, Javanese,[3] Hmong, Multiracial |
| Religions | Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Afro-American religions, traditional African religions, Rastafari, Native American religions, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religions (incl. Confucianism and Taoism), Baháʼí, Kebatinan, Sikhism, irreligion, others |
| Demonym | Caribbean, West Indian |
| Countries | 16 |
| Dependencies | 12 |
| Languages | |
| Time zones | UTC−05:00 to UTC−04:00 |
| Internet TLD | Multiple |
| Calling code | Multiple |
| Largest cities | |
| UN M49 code | 029 – Caribbean419 – Latin America and the Caribbean019 – Americas001 – World |
The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/ KARR-ib-EE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/ KARR-ib-ee-an;[4] Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben), is a subregion in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America to the west, and South America to the south, it comprises numerous islands, cays, islets, reefs, and banks. It includes the Lucayan Archipelago, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles of the West Indies; the Quintana Roo islands and Belizean islands of the Yucatán Peninsula; and the Bay Islands, Miskito Cays, Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, and Corn Islands of Central America. It also includes the coastal areas on the continental mainland of the Americas bordering the region from the Yucatán Peninsula in North America through Central America to the Guianas in South America.[5][6]
- ^ "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.
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dcewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Engerman, Stanley L. (2000). "A Population History of the Caribbean". In Haines, Michael R.; Steckel, Richard Hall (eds.). A Population History of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 483–528. ISBN 978-0-521-49666-7. OCLC 41118518.
- ^ Hillman, Richard S.; D'Agostino, Thomas J., eds. (2003). Understanding the contemporary Caribbean. London, UK: Lynne Rienner. ISBN 978-1588266637. OCLC 300280211.