The Netherlands Antilles had a tropical climate, with warm weather all year round. The windward islands are subject to hurricanes in the summer months, while the leeward Islands are warmer and drier.

Netherlands Antilles. 186, 000. St. Eustatius 1, 000, Saba 1, 000, St. Maarten 10, 000 (1995). National or official language: Dutch. Self-governing part of the Netherlands. By agreement of all parties, it remains in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1996).

The guilder (Dutch: gulden) is presently the currency of two of the five islands which until 2010 formed the Netherlands Antilles. It is subdivided into 100 cents.

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The Netherlands Antilles' combined population was estimated in 2000 at 210, 134. Of these more than two-thirds 146, 100  lived on Cura ao, while Bonaire's inhabitants numbered 11, 000, Sint Maarten's 29, 500, Sint Eustatius's 1, 861, and Saba's around 1, 100. Relatively good health conditions have given Antilleans a life expectancy of 74.72 years.

Willemstad is the capital city of Cura ao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010.