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Aruba: map and facts

Aruba is in the Caribbean. It has 108,785 people (2025). It covers 180 km². That is about 604 people per km². Its highest point is Jamanota, at 188 m.

Aruba and the land around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Jamanota; the circle marks its capital, Oranjestad. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 108,785 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 180 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 170 km².
Capital: Oranjestad
Highest point: Jamanota, 188 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 2.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Jamanota: 188 m (its highest point)

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 45.3%, towns and cities 44.9%, water 8.3%, farmland 1%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 100%.

Forests covered 2.7% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Aruba has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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