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What are the countries of the Caribbean (a.k.a. the West Indies, and the Antilles)?

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What are the countries of the Caribbean (a.k.a. the West Indies, and the Antilles)?

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A. Of the 51 countries or separate political entities of the Americas, 29 (or 56%) belong to the Caribbean, in both the archipelago and on the American mainland, or rimlands, to use Richard Allsopp’s term. They are arranged below on the basis of official language. List A.1 – Countries of the Caribbean Dutch-official (3) (N = Netherlands) • Aruba • the Netherlands Antilles: Bonaire, Curaao, Saba, Sint Maarten and Statia (N) • Suriname English-official (19) (BWI = British West Indies) • Anguilla (BWI) • Antigua & Barbuda • The Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands, or BVI (BWI) • Cayman Islands (BWI) • Dominica • Grenada • Guyana • Jamaica • Montserrat (BWI) • St. Kitts-Nevis • St. Lucia • St. Vincent & the Grenadines • Trinidad & Tobago • Turks & Caicos Islands (BWI) • U.S. Virgin Islands, or USVI (USA) French-official (4) (F = France) • Haiti/Hati • French Guiana/Guyane Franaise (F) • Guadeloupe (F) • Martinique (F) Spanish-official (3) • Cuba • Dominican Repub