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Caribbean Description. The Caribbean, long referred to as the West Indies, includes more than 7,000 islands; of those, 13 are independent island countries ( shown in red on the map ), and some are dependencies or overseas territories of other nations.
The Caribbean includes thirteen countries classified as sovereign states by the United Nations, as well as nearly two dozen non-sovereign territories. The Caribbean region includes more than 7,000 islands, islets, and keys in total.
The 12 countries of the Caribbean are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Greater Antilles is a subgroup within the Caribbean islands, which includes some of the larger islands in the region, such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Here is a list of all the countries and territories with capitals in the Caribbean Sea:
List of Caribbean countries by population. This list of Caribbean countries and dependencies is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the United Nations, [1] the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure.
The Caribbean is home to thirteen sovereign island nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago (on the continental shelf of South America).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Sint Maarten. Trinidad and Tobago. Turks and Caicos Islands. Virgin Islands.
