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Falkland Islands population

UN name: Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Falkland Islands population now

3,464

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 3,325–3,589.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 3,476

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 3,470; 95% range, 31 Dec: 3,325–3,589
Median age: 44.4
Aged 65+: 13.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 1 person

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

FLK · 1950–2100 · in brief

Falkland Islands in numbers

The UN counts 3,476 people in The Falkland Islands in mid-2023, which makes it the 234th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 1.6 times its 1950 population of 2,190.

Its population peaked in 2018 at 3,521 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 2,252 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 470 to 16,697.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2031 and staying above them from then on. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1978–1994.

The median age was 21.0 in 1950 and 42.6 in 2023; the projection has 50.9 in 2100. 11.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2020 at 2,571; in 2023 it was 2,502.

Its place in the world by population: 234th in 2023, 235th in 2050, 235th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Saint Pierre and Miquelon in 2091. It is overtaken by Tokelau in 2037 and Niue in 2090.

Population, mid-2023: 3,476
Rank by population, 2023: 234 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.40% · −14 people
Births, 2023: 39
Deaths, 2023: 27
Net migration, 2023: −21
Children per woman, 2023: 1.69
Median age, 2023: 42.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 79.2 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 2,190
Projected, mid-2050: 3,176
Projected, mid-2100: 2,252

FLK · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Falkland Islands, 1950–2100

Falkland Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	2,180		39	39	2.56	49.5
1951	estimate	2,200		40	38	2.66	49.7
1952	estimate	2,206		41	39	2.75	49.9
1953	estimate	2,217		41	39	2.83	50.3
1954	estimate	2,191		43	38	2.91	50.9
1955	estimate	2,182		45	38	2.98	51.3
1956	estimate	2,187		46	37	2.99	51.8
1957	estimate	2,192		47	37	3.00	52.3
1958	estimate	2,206		48	37	3.03	52.8
1959	estimate	2,229		50	37	3.12	53.2
1960	estimate	2,249		52	37	3.23	53.5
1961	estimate	2,275		51	37	3.16	53.8
1962	estimate	2,301		50	37	3.07	54.0
1963	estimate	2,307		49	37	3.00	54.2
1964	estimate	2,303		49	36	2.98	54.3
1965	estimate	2,303		49	36	2.99	54.5
1966	estimate	2,294		48	36	2.97	54.7
1967	estimate	2,296		48	37	2.98	54.9
1968	estimate	2,284		49	37	3.04	55.0
1969	estimate	2,276		49	37	3.04	55.2
1970	estimate	2,277		49	37	3.00	55.4
1971	estimate	2,273		48	37	2.95	55.6
1972	estimate	2,272		47	37	2.92	55.8
1973	estimate	2,282		46	37	2.87	56.0
1974	estimate	2,283		44	37	2.75	56.1
1975	estimate	2,291		42	37	2.64	56.2
1976	estimate	2,296		40	38	2.55	56.1
1977	estimate	2,301		38	38	2.47	55.8
1978	estimate	2,287		36	39	2.39	55.4
1979	estimate	2,274		34	39	2.31	54.7
1980	estimate	2,257		32	40	2.24	53.9
1981	estimate	2,246		30	41	2.15	53.1
1982	estimate	2,247		28	42	2.06	52.4
1983	estimate	2,247		27	43	1.96	51.8
1984	estimate	2,250		27	43	1.87	51.4
1985	estimate	2,242		27	44	1.83	51.2
1986	estimate	2,240		28	44	1.80	51.1
1987	estimate	2,242		29	44	1.74	51.3
1988	estimate	2,275		29	43	1.68	51.7
1989	estimate	2,304		29	43	1.61	52.4
1990	estimate	2,335		30	42	1.60	53.3
1991	estimate	2,357		31	41	1.59	54.6
1992	estimate	2,433		32	40	1.56	56.3
1993	estimate	2,529		33	38	1.52	58.2
1994	estimate	2,620		34	37	1.46	60.2
1995	estimate	2,719		35	35	1.46	62.4
1996	estimate	2,816		37	34	1.47	64.4
1997	estimate	2,880		38	32	1.47	66.4
1998	estimate	2,943		39	30	1.47	68.2
1999	estimate	3,008		39	29	1.47	69.8
2000	estimate	3,067		41	27	1.50	71.1
2001	estimate	3,127		42	26	1.52	72.3
2002	estimate	3,160		42	25	1.54	73.2
2003	estimate	3,179		42	24	1.55	74.0
2004	estimate	3,198		42	24	1.56	74.7
2005	estimate	3,211		42	23	1.57	75.3
2006	estimate	3,223		41	23	1.59	75.9
2007	estimate	3,231		41	22	1.60	76.5
2008	estimate	3,230		40	22	1.61	77.0
2009	estimate	3,217		40	22	1.62	77.4
2010	estimate	3,206		39	22	1.63	77.7
2011	estimate	3,189		39	22	1.65	78.0
2012	estimate	3,177		39	22	1.67	78.2
2013	estimate	3,224		40	23	1.69	78.3
2014	estimate	3,305		41	23	1.70	78.4
2015	estimate	3,373		42	24	1.71	78.4
2016	estimate	3,442		43	25	1.71	78.5
2017	estimate	3,515		44	25	1.71	78.5
2018	estimate	3,521		44	26	1.71	78.6
2019	estimate	3,521		44	26	1.70	78.6
2020	estimate	3,512		44	26	1.70	78.8
2021	estimate	3,499		43	27	1.70	79.0
2022	estimate	3,497		41	27	1.69	79.0
2023	estimate	3,483		39	27	1.69	79.2
2024	estimate	3,470		38	28	1.69	79.4
2025	projection	3,471	3,433–3,506	36	28	1.70	79.6
2026	projection	3,467	3,385–3,544	34	28	1.69	79.8
2027	projection	3,463	3,325–3,589	33	28	1.69	80.0
2028	projection	3,458	3,257–3,639	32	28	1.69	80.1
2029	projection	3,442	3,178–3,690	30	28	1.69	80.3
2030	projection	3,427	3,099–3,744	29	29	1.69	80.5
2031	projection	3,416	3,029–3,799	28	29	1.69	80.7
2032	projection	3,408	2,951–3,878	28	29	1.69	80.9
2033	projection	3,396	2,879–3,961	27	30	1.69	81.1
2034	projection	3,386	2,785–4,015	27	30	1.69	81.3
2035	projection	3,376	2,695–4,095	27	31	1.69	81.4
2036	projection	3,358	2,610–4,152	27	31	1.69	81.6
2037	projection	3,352	2,522–4,226	27	32	1.69	81.8
2038	projection	3,335	2,438–4,309	27	33	1.69	81.9
2039	projection	3,335	2,394–4,414	28	33	1.69	82.1
2040	projection	3,325	2,324–4,498	28	34	1.69	82.3
2041	projection	3,310	2,254–4,559	28	35	1.69	82.4
2042	projection	3,296	2,181–4,678	28	36	1.69	82.5
2043	projection	3,287	2,106–4,796	29	37	1.69	82.7
2044	projection	3,267	2,032–4,895	29	38	1.69	82.9
2045	projection	3,259	1,968–4,996	29	40	1.68	83.0
2046	projection	3,242	1,899–5,086	28	41	1.68	83.2
2047	projection	3,231	1,856–5,188	28	42	1.68	83.4
2048	projection	3,216	1,802–5,285	28	43	1.68	83.5
2049	projection	3,202	1,741–5,401	28	44	1.67	83.7
2050	projection	3,185	1,694–5,545	28	45	1.67	83.9
2051	projection	3,168	1,649–5,607	27	46	1.67	84.0
2052	projection	3,150	1,598–5,749	27	47	1.67	84.1
2053	projection	3,131	1,556–5,890	27	47	1.67	84.3
2054	projection	3,106	1,506–6,024	26	48	1.67	84.4
2055	projection	3,082	1,464–6,177	26	49	1.67	84.5
2056	projection	3,057	1,429–6,337	26	50	1.67	84.7
2057	projection	3,032	1,378–6,467	25	50	1.67	84.8
2058	projection	3,006	1,334–6,630	25	50	1.67	84.9
2059	projection	2,983	1,301–6,746	24	51	1.67	85.1
2060	projection	2,956	1,258–6,805	24	51	1.67	85.2
2061	projection	2,931	1,212–6,999	23	51	1.67	85.3
2062	projection	2,905	1,170–7,138	23	51	1.67	85.5
2063	projection	2,874	1,129–7,224	22	50	1.67	85.6
2064	projection	2,846	1,090–7,371	22	50	1.67	85.8
2065	projection	2,820	1,038–7,584	22	50	1.67	85.9
2066	projection	2,789	996–7,800	22	49	1.67	86.0
2067	projection	2,764	966–7,974	22	49	1.66	86.1
2068	projection	2,737	927–8,128	22	48	1.67	86.2
2069	projection	2,709	888–8,278	22	48	1.66	86.4
2070	projection	2,686	856–8,451	22	47	1.66	86.5
2071	projection	2,662	829–8,621	22	46	1.66	86.6
2072	projection	2,637	804–8,787	22	46	1.66	86.7
2073	projection	2,611	768–8,818	22	45	1.66	86.8
2074	projection	2,594	738–8,981	22	44	1.66	86.9
2075	projection	2,574	722–9,236	22	43	1.66	87.0
2076	projection	2,549	687–9,370	22	42	1.66	87.1
2077	projection	2,536	669–9,594	22	41	1.66	87.2
2078	projection	2,513	626–9,839	22	40	1.66	87.3
2079	projection	2,486	596–10,042	22	39	1.66	87.4
2080	projection	2,468	586–10,297	22	39	1.66	87.5
2081	projection	2,453	563–10,491	22	38	1.66	87.7
2082	projection	2,444	562–10,723	21	37	1.66	87.8
2083	projection	2,428	554–11,207	21	36	1.66	87.9
2084	projection	2,411	540–11,477	21	35	1.66	88.0
2085	projection	2,397	526–11,611	21	34	1.66	88.1
2086	projection	2,388	508–11,866	21	33	1.66	88.2
2087	projection	2,378	497–12,110	20	32	1.66	88.3
2088	projection	2,365	484–12,388	20	32	1.66	88.4
2089	projection	2,351	489–12,666	20	31	1.66	88.5
2090	projection	2,341	492–12,871	20	30	1.66	88.6
2091	projection	2,332	507–13,039	19	30	1.66	88.7
2092	projection	2,322	509–13,511	19	29	1.67	88.8
2093	projection	2,319	503–14,124	19	29	1.66	88.9
2094	projection	2,306	510–14,332	19	28	1.67	89.0
2095	projection	2,303	516–14,456	19	28	1.67	89.1
2096	projection	2,296	514–14,845	18	28	1.66	89.2
2097	projection	2,283	509–15,145	18	28	1.66	89.3
2098	projection	2,272	483–15,544	18	28	1.67	89.4
2099	projection	2,265	475–16,163	18	28	1.66	89.5
2100	projection	2,254	470–16,697	18	28	1.67	89.6

Show the numbers: Falkland Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Falkland Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	18	17
1	18	18
2	18	18
3	20	20
4	20	20
5	19	18
6	15	16
7	15	16
8	17	17
9	18	17
10	19	19
11	18	20
12	17	20
13	19	20
14	20	20
15	20	21
16	20	20
17	18	19
18	16	20
19	16	19
20	16	18
21	14	18
22	12	15
23	12	14
24	13	13
25	14	12
26	14	14
27	14	16
28	16	18
29	16	18
30	16	16
31	17	15
32	20	20
33	23	26
34	25	29
35	26	30
36	24	30
37	22	29
38	22	25
39	22	24
40	22	28
41	24	30
42	28	28
43	30	26
44	30	30
45	34	28
46	36	22
47	34	28
48	32	34
49	28	34
50	29	33
51	32	30
52	36	30
53	38	31
54	36	32
55	37	32
56	38	28
57	35	28
58	30	28
59	28	29
60	30	26
61	30	26
62	30	29
63	27	25
64	22	21
65	22	20
66	22	22
67	20	24
68	12	23
69	12	19
70	14	12
71	12	8
72	12	6
73	12	5
74	4	9
75	0	13
76	4	14
77	6	10
78	6	8
79	5	6
80	5	6
81	6	8
82	5	9
83	4	8
84	4	7
85	6	6
86	6	4
87	5	3
88	4	4
89	2	4
90	2	3
91	1	2
92	1	2
93	0	2
94	0	1
95	0	1
96	0	1
97	0	0
98	0	0
99	0	0
100+	0	0

FLK · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Falkland Islands, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

FLK · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2020: 2,567 people aged 15–64, against 2,505 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

23 children

16 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 62 years: 1953–1968 and 1986–2031.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

FLK · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Falkland Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Falkland Islands loses 15 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 6 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1 person a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 101 (1993), and a loss of 34 (2011).

How migration works everywhere

FLK · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Falkland Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Falkland Islands in 2023, 3 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 26 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 10 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 84 · 10

2023
3 · 71 · 26

2050 · projected
1 · 73 · 26

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 39
Average age when women have a baby: 30.4 years; 27.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 10; 25 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Falkland Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0
15–19	2	3	2	1	1	0
20–24	13	14	8	4	3	2
25–29	13	15	13	9	8	5
30–34	7	7	12	15	9	6
35–39	3	3	5	8	6	4
40–44	1	0	1	2	1	1
45–49	0	0	0	0	0	0
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	39	42	41	39	28	18

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

FLK · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Falkland Islands

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from the Falkland Islands at the end of 2025.

Read that as a gap in the record, not as a finding. The count reaches as far as one agency's work reaches, and no further.

How the world's displacement is counted

FLK · of every 100 people

How people live in Falkland Islands

Of every 100 people in the Falkland Islands in 2025, 100 lived in the countryside.

rural areas

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

FLK · cities · 2025

Cities in Falkland Islands

No place in the Falkland Islands is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

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Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Falkland Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.