Aruba

Population Statistics

112,162

Total Population

16,824

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

Aruba has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Aruba (1985)

Updated: June 2015

Article 1, section (2) states:

Every person with Dutch nationality shall be equally eligible for appointment to public office.


Article 1, section (10) states:

Every person with Dutch nationality resident in Aruba shall have an equal right to elect the members of the general representative bodies and to stand for election as a member of those bodies, subject to limitations prescribed by Country Ordinance.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of Aruba (1985)