The people of the Netherlands Antilles speak the English-based Creole language. The linguistic diversity of the Netherlands Antilles is diverse according to a fractionation scale, which for the Netherlands Antilles is 0.2508. The average age is around 34.1 years. The life expectancy in Netherlands Antilles is 76.14. The female fertility rate in Netherlands Antilles is 1.98. Ethnic diversity is nearly uniform according to a fractionation scale, which is 0 for the Netherlands Antilles. Details of the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of the Netherlands Antilles can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In the Netherlands Antilles, the population density is 66 people per square kilometer (172 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. Immigrants in the Netherlands Antilles account for 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in the Netherlands Antilles account for 65.9 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. The ethnic diversity of the Netherlands Antilles is nearly uniform according to an ethnicity-based fractionation scale. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Netherlands Antilles is 0. This means that the people living in Netherlands Antilles are somewhat fractionated. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Below are statistics from the Netherlands Antilles on average age and gender distribution at different ages.

Age
The average age is around 34.1 years. The median age for men is 32.1 years, while the median age for women is 35.8 years.

Gender
The sex ratio, or number of males per female (estimated at birth), is 1.05. It can be further broken down into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.05; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.93; sex ratio over 64 - 0.68; Overall sex ratio - 0.93. The overall sex ratio differs from the sex ratio estimated at birth. This is because some newborns are included in the sex ratio estimated at birth, but die within the first few weeks of life and are not included in the overall sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of the Netherlands Antilles is Christianity, adherents to which make up 93.9% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with over 2.4 billion followers known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind, whose coming as Christ or Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions in the country. Other religions in the Netherlands Antilles are Islam, Buddhism, folk religions. The religious diversity of the Netherlands Antilles is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on the number of religions in the Netherlands Antilles. The index of religious fractionation in the Netherlands Antilles is 0.3866. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.

General development
The Netherlands Antilles are considered a developing country. A nation's level of development is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality and quality of life. As a developing nation, Netherlands Antilles may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Netherlands Antilles, 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Netherlands Antilles is very high when compared with other nations. This situation is indicative of a variety of alarming economic and political factors. It is not advisable to make any investments in countries with this level of poverty.