How many people live in Guernsey right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
64,639
| Today | In 2026 | |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 207 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0008%
- Median age
- 44.5 years
- Children per woman
- 1.37
- Life expectancy
- 83.7 years
- People per km²
- 1,010
According to UN estimates, about 64,639 people live in Guernsey right now. It ranks 207th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Dominica and Bermuda, and it is home to one in every 129,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 520 people are born there and about 620 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 200 people a year. More people die than are born, and it is immigration that keeps the population growing. Overall, it gains about 100 people a year.
In 1950, about 44,946 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 44%. The UN expects it to peak around 2031, at about 64,826, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 62,800 people (3% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 52,910.
Half of its people are younger than 45 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.37 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 1,010 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Guernsey in 2026?
- Guernsey has about 64,639 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 64,610.
- How many people are born each day in Guernsey?
- Very few: about 520 a year. About 620 people die each year.
- Is the population of Guernsey growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.15% a year, or about 100 people.
- What will the population of Guernsey be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 62,800, with a peak around 2031 at about 64,826.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- US Virgin Islands 83,176
- Cayman Islands 77,616
- Dominica 65,399
- Bermuda 64,422
- Faroe Islands 56,679
- Greenland 55,587
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,456
- Germany 83,580,397
- United Kingdom 70,045,945
- France 66,775,469
- Italy 58,850,910
- Spain 47,835,427
- Ukraine 39,443,605
- Poland 37,796,218
- Romania 18,766,014
- Netherlands 18,476,981
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Sweden 10,713,758
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.