How many people live in the Isle of Man right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
84,025
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 202 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0010%
- Median age
- 46.3 years
- Children per woman
- 1.53
- Life expectancy
- 81.4 years
- People per km²
- 147
According to UN estimates, about 84,025 people live in the Isle of Man right now. It ranks 202nd out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Antigua and Barbuda and Andorra, and it is home to one in every 99,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 680 people are born there and about 920 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 160 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, it loses about 80 people a year.
In 1950, about 55,089 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 53%. It peaked in 2011, at about 84,382, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 77,970 people (7% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 58,065.
Half of its people are younger than 46 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.53 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 81 years (worldwide, 74). There are 147 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the Isle of Man in 2026?
- The Isle of Man has about 84,025 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 84,054.
- How many people are born each day in the Isle of Man?
- Very few: about 680 a year. About 920 people die each year.
- Is the population of the Isle of Man growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.08% a year, or about 80 people.
- What will the population of the Isle of Man be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 77,970.
- 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
- Tonga 103,166
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,037
- Antigua and Barbuda 94,747
- Andorra 83,977
- US Virgin Islands 83,176
- Cayman Islands 77,617
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,432
- Germany 83,580,383
- United Kingdom 70,045,970
- France 66,775,475
- Italy 58,850,893
- Spain 47,835,423
- Ukraine 39,443,584
- Poland 37,796,208
- Romania 18,766,006
- Netherlands 18,476,987
- Belgium 11,779,073
- Sweden 10,713,760
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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.