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The Caribbean

Flag	Member	Population	Terrain	Coastline (km)
	Anguila	13,008 (2004)	flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone	61
	Antigua and Barbuda	81,000 (2006)	low-lying limestone and coral islands	153
	Aruba	103,908 (2007)	flat; brush trees for vegetation	70
	The Bahamas	323,000 (2006)	long, flat coral formations	3,542
	Barbados	273,987 (2007)	flat, central highland	97
	Belize	311,480 (2007)	flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south	386
	British Virgin Islands	20,254 (2004)	coral islands relatively flat; volcanic islands steep, hilly	80
	Cuba	11,237,916 (2007)	terraced plains, small hills, mountains	5,746
	Dominica	79,000 (2005)	rugged mountains of volcanic origin	148
	Dominican Republic	9,482,060 (2007)
	Grenada	107,379 (2007)	volcanic in origin, central mountains	121
	Guyana	751,558 (2007)	mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south	459
	Haiti	8,407,000 (2002)	mostly rough and mountainous, tropical	1,771
	Jamaica	2,675,831 (2007)	narrow coastal plains, mountains	1,022
	Montserrat	9,245 (July 2004 estimate)	volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland	40
	Netherlands Antilles	189,500 (2007)	hilly, volcanic interiors	364
	Puerto Rico	3,944,000 (2007)	mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas	501
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,000 (2005)	volcanic, mountainous interiors	135
	Saint Lucia	166,838 (2007)	volcanic, mountainous with broad valleys	158
	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	119,000 (2005)	volcanic, mountainous	84
	Suriname	509,970 (2007)	mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps	386
	Trinidad & Tobago	1,300,000 (2005)	flat, hilly, mountainous	362
	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,000 (2007)	hilly, rugged, mountainous	188