How many people live in Jersey right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
104,140
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 198 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0013%
- Median age
- 43.9 years
- Children per woman
- 1.38
- Life expectancy
- 80.1 years
- People per km²
- 898
According to UN estimates, about 104,140 people live in Jersey right now. It ranks 198th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Aruba and Tonga, and it is home to one in every 79,900 people on the planet.
Every year, about 840 people are born there and about 1,100 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 400 people a year. More people die than are born, and it is immigration that keeps the population growing. Overall, it gains about 110 people a year.
In 1950, about 57,110 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 82%. The UN expects it to peak around 2043, at about 105,239, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 104,766 people (1% more than today), and by 2100 about 99,810.
Half of its people are younger than 44 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.38 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 80 years (worldwide, 74). There are 898 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Jersey in 2026?
- Jersey has about 104,140 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 104,106.
- How many people are born each day in Jersey?
- Very few: about 840 a year. About 1,100 people die each year.
- Is the population of Jersey growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.10% a year, or about 110 people.
- What will the population of Jersey be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 104,766, with a peak around 2043 at about 105,239.
- 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
- Grenada 117,373
- Micronesia 114,346
- Aruba 108,157
- Tonga 103,166
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,037
- Antigua and Barbuda 94,747
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,434
- Germany 83,580,385
- United Kingdom 70,045,967
- France 66,775,474
- Italy 58,850,895
- Spain 47,835,423
- Ukraine 39,443,586
- Poland 37,796,209
- Romania 18,766,007
- Netherlands 18,476,986
- 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.