Countries of the Caribbean



	Page last updated: 30 November, 2011

Countries of the

The Caribbean Islands are one of the premier tourist destinations on the planet. In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas and became the first European to venture into the area. Long called the West Indies, it's now commonly referred to as the Caribbean, a name that became popular after World War II.

Caribbean

List of Countries from the Caribbean

St. Vincent & the Granadines

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Country	Languages (Official in Bold)	Ethnicity & Race
Anguilla	English [British dependent territory]	Black
Antigua & Barbuda	English	Black; British; Portuguese; Lebanese; Syrian
Aruba	Dutch, Papiamiento, English [autonomous part of Netherlands]	Mixed White/Caribbean Amerindian (80%)
Bahamas	English	Black (85%); White (12%); Asian & Hispanic ( 3%)
Barbados	English	African (90%); European (4%); Other ( 6%)
Cayman Islands	English [British independent territory]	Mixed (40%); White (20%); Black (20%); expatriates of various ethnic groups (20%)
Cozumel	Spanish, English [belongs to Mexico]	N/A
Cuba	Spanish	Mulatto (51%); White (37%); Black (11%); Chinese ( 1%)
Dominica	English & French Patois	Black; Carib Indians
Dominican Republic	Spanish, English widely spoken	White (16%); Black (11%); Mixed ( 73%)
Grenada	English	Black African descent (82%); Mixed (13%); White; Other ( 5%)
Guadeloupe	French (99%), Creole Patois [French overseas department]	Black or Mulatto (90%); White (5%); East Indian; Lebanese; Chinese (<5%)
Haiti	Creole & French	black 95%, mulatto and European 5%
Jamaica	English, Jamaican Creole	African (76.3%); Afro-European (15.1%); East Indian & Afro-East Indian (3%); White (3.2%); Chinese & Afro-Chinese (1.2%); Other (1.2%)
Martinique	French, Creole, English [French overseas department]	African & African-White-Indian mixture (90%); White (5%); East Indian; Lebanese; Chinese (<5%)
Montserrat	English [British dependent territory]	Black; White
Netherlands Antilles	Dutch, Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish [autonomous part of Netherlands]	Mixed Black (85%); Carib Amerindian; White; East Asian
Puerto Rico	Spanish, English [commonwealth territory of USA]	N/A
San Andres	Spanish, English [belongs to Colombia]	N/A
St. Kitts & Nevis	English	Black African
St. Lucia	English & Patois	African descent (90%); Mixed (6%); East Indian 3%, White (1%)
St. Martin	English, Dutch, French [overseas region of France]	N/A
St. Vincent & the Grenadines	English & French Patois	African descent; White; East Indian; Carib Indian
Trinidad & Tobago	English, Hindi, French, Spanish	Black (39.5%); East Indian [a local term - primarily immigrants from northern India] (40.3%); Mixed (18.4%); White (0.6%); Chinese & Other ( 1.2%)
Turks & Caicos	English [British dependent territory]	Black
Virgin Islands (UK)	English [British dependent territory]	Black (90%); White; Asian
Virgin Islands (US)	English, Spanish, Creole [unincorporated territory of USA]	Black (80%); White (15%); Other (5%) [Note: West Indian (45% born in Virgin Islands, 29% born elsewhere in West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, Other 8%]