Caribbean by Numbers
BAHAMAS
- Made up of 700 islands, but only 30 are inhabited
- Flamingos out number people 61:1 on Great Inagua
BARBADOS
- Mount Gay is the world’s oldest rum brand – 1703
- 50 – number of years since the British granted the island independence
US$22 million – the cost of Rihanna’s Sandy Lane abode
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (BVI)
- BVI received their first traffic light in 2001
- 3 people have lived on Salt Island since 1980. Annual rent is a bag of salt sent to the Queen
CAYMAN ISLANDS
- 365 dive sites on Grand Cayman; visit one every day of the year
- 0 – number of casinos on island
CUBA
- At 42,800 sq mi Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean
- Has one of the highest literacy rates in the world: 99.8%
- Hours before signing the embargo, JFK bought 1,200 Cuban cigars
JAMAICA
- With over 1,600 churches, Jamaica boasts more churches per square mile than any other country
- Japan accounts for 80% of all Blue Mountain Coffee annual exports
PUERTO RICO
- 5 – the number of times Puerto Rico has won the Miss Universe title
- 3.6 million – the population of Puerto Rico, making it one of the most densely populated islands in the world
SABA
- Has the world’s shortest runway – 1,300 feet long
ST LUCIA
- 2 – the number of Nobel Prize winners born here: Derek Walcott (literature, 1992) and Sir Arthur Lewis (economics, 1979)
ST MARTIN / ST MAARTEN
- 1 island/2 nations – St. Martin (French) and St. Maarten (Dutch)
- 37 – number of square miles and beaches that make up the island
TURKS & CAICOS
- Has the 3rd largest barrier reef system in the world
- Home to the world’s only conch farm
US VIRGIN ISLANDS
- $25 million, the amount the US paid to Denmark in 1916 for what are now known as the US Virgin Islands
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