How many people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
47,236
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 211 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0006%
- Median age
- 39.6 years
- Children per woman
- 1.43
- Life expectancy
- 78.5 years
- People per km²
- 50
According to UN estimates, about 47,236 people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands right now. It ranks 211th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Greenland and Saint Kitts and Nevis, and it is home to one in every 176,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 480 people are born there and about 350 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 150 people a year. Overall, it gains about 280 people a year.
In 1950, about 5,038 people lived there. Today there are 9.4 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2048, at about 51,019, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 50,988 people (8% more than today), and by 2100 about 38,672.
Half of its people are younger than 40 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.43 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 79 years (worldwide, 74). There are 50 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 Turks and Caicos Islands in 2026?
- The Turks and Caicos Islands has about 47,236 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 47,148.
- How many people are born each day in the Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Very few: about 480 a year. About 350 people die each year.
- Is the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.59% a year, or about 280 people.
- What will the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 50,988, with a peak around 2048 at about 51,019.
- 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
- Bermuda 64,422
- Faroe Islands 56,679
- Greenland 55,587
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,012
- American Samoa 45,107
- Sint Maarten 44,604
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,654
- Brazil 213,783,556
- Mexico 133,319,815
- Colombia 54,089,660
- Argentina 46,051,055
- Canada 40,567,053
- Peru 35,027,420
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,579
- Ecuador 18,493,703
- Bolivia 12,801,716
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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.