Caribbean Countries

The Caribbean is a sea dotted with hundreds of islands, but only a portion of them are independent countries. The rest are territories tied to nations like the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and the United States. The list below covers the sovereign states, from the large islands of Cuba and Hispaniola to the small twin-island nations of the eastern Caribbean.

28 countries Independent countries only. Many Caribbean islands are overseas territories rather than sovereign states.

Country	Capital	Currency	Population
Anguilla	The Valley	XCD $	n/a
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	XCD $	94,209
Aruba	Oranjestad	AWG ƒ	108,785
Bahamas	Nassau	BSD $	403,033
Barbados	Bridgetown	BBD $	282,623
British Virgin Islands	Road Town	USD $	39,732
Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	USD $	n/a
Cayman Islands	George Town	KYD $	75,844
Cuba	Havana	CUC $	10,937,203
Curaçao	Willemstad	ANG ƒ	156,263
Dominica	Roseau	XCD $	65,871
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	DOP $	11,520,487
Grenada	St. George's	XCD $	117,303
Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	EUR €	n/a
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	HTG G	11,906,095
Jamaica	Kingston	JMD $	2,837,077
Martinique	Fort-de-France	EUR €	n/a
Montserrat	Plymouth	XCD $	n/a
Puerto Rico	San Juan	USD $	3,184,835
Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	EUR €	n/a
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	XCD $	46,922
Saint Lucia	Castries	XCD $	180,149
Saint Martin	Marigot	EUR €	24,941
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	XCD $	99,924
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	ANG ƒ	43,923
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	TTD $	1,367,764
Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	USD $	46,855
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	USD $	103,792

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Sources and vintage on the data page. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition described above.