REAL LIFE Caribbean – Caribbean by Numbers

Caribbean by Numbers

Caribbean by Numbers - Fun Facts

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