1.79 (2005), 1.79 (2004), 1.79 (2003)

Communications
Aruba

Telephones - main lines in use:

38,700 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

105,700 (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system
domestic: increased competition through privatization; 3 wireless
service providers are now licensed
international: country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM
submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US
Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the
west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio
relay links (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:

50,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (1997)

Televisions:

20,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.aw

Internet hosts:

17,661 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

24,000 (2007)

Transportation
Aruba

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

Ports and terminals:

Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas

Military
Aruba

Military branches:

no regular indigenous military forces; the Netherlands maintains a
detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat
detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 24,585
females age 16-49: 25,742 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 20,173
females age 16-49: 21,062 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 705
female: 719 (2008 est.)

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Transnational Issues
Aruba

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

transit point for US- and Europe-bound narcotics with some
accompanying money-laundering activity; relatively high percentage
of population consumes cocaine

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Introduction
Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Background:

These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931;
formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a
rich and diverse avian and