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Sint Maarten

Flag of Sint Maarten
Region
Americas · Caribbean
Capital
Philipsburg
Population
43,923 (2025)
Government
<p>parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy</p>
Currency
Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)
Official languages
Dutch, English, French
Spoken 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.)
Written scripts
Latin
Area
34 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
No
Affiliations
CARICOM (observer)
Borders
Saint Martin

Population stability

41 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
scrap iron, ships, jewelry, flavored water, liquor (2023)
Key imports
jewelry, refined petroleum, ships, pearl products, diamonds (2023)
Natural resources
fish, salt
Primary route
U.S. Gulf and East Coast services, with Caribbean transshipment hubs (Kingston, Caucedo, Freeport)
Secondary route
Panama Canal connections to Asia-Pacific markets

Trade research

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.