Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean
- The population of the Caribbean Netherlands grew by 4 percent in 2025, year on year.
- The increase was largely due to migration.
- The population of Bonaire grew by the most, while Saba and St Eustatius also saw an increase in their population.
Saba’s population increase by 5 percent
The population of Saba stood at 2,270 on 1 January 2026. That was an increase of 112 (5 percent). More people came to live on the island than left (+119), and the natural increase was limited.
The number of residents on Saba who were born outside the Caribbean Netherlands increased by 120. In particular, the number of people born on Sint Maarten, in the Philippines, Colombia, and the United States increased.
CBS
