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