Caribbean
Map of the Caribbean region of the Americas | |
| Area | 239,681 km2 (92,541 sq mi) |
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| Population | 44,182,048 |
| Population density | 151.5/km2 (392/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Afro-Caribbean, Latin American, Indo-Caribbean, European, Chinese, Jewish, Arab, Amerindian, Javanese, Hmong, Multiracial, others |
| 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-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/ KARR-ih-bee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. 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, Corn Islands, and San Blas 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.
