Country or area · Caribbean · Latin America and the Caribbean · Americas · UN WPP 2024

Montserrat population

Montserrat population now

4,319

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: 3,942–4,654.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 4,421

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 4,335; 95% range, 31 Dec: 3,942–4,654
Median age: 42.9
Aged 65+: 20.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 5 people

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

MSR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Montserrat in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 4,421 people in Montserrat: the 233rd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 66% fewer people than in 1950 (12,944).

Its population peaked in 1950 at 12,944 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 2,782 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 853 to 63,106.

2021 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1997–2019.

The median age was 18.8 in 1950 and 42.6 in 2023; the projection has 50.9 in 2100. 19.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1986 at 6,693; in 2023 it was 2,834.

By size it is the 233rd country in 2023; the projection puts it 234th in 2050 and 232nd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Saint Pierre and Miquelon in 2065 and Saint Helena in 2067. It is overtaken by Tokelau in 2048.

Population, mid-2023: 4,421
Rank by population, 2023: 233 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.72% · −32 people
Births, 2023: 39
Deaths, 2023: 60
Net migration, 2023: −12
Children per woman, 2023: 1.44
Median age, 2023: 42.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 76.2 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 12,944
Projected, mid-2050: 3,692
Projected, mid-2100: 2,782

MSR · 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: Montserrat, 1950–2100

Montserrat: 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	12,993		455	268	4.82	48.6
1951	estimate	12,894		452	256	4.84	49.6
1952	estimate	12,797		449	246	4.86	50.7
1953	estimate	12,713		444	236	4.87	51.7
1954	estimate	12,598		435	227	4.84	52.7
1955	estimate	12,524		427	219	4.84	53.7
1956	estimate	12,439		414	211	4.76	54.6
1957	estimate	12,340		403	203	4.70	55.6
1958	estimate	12,258		395	196	4.66	56.6
1959	estimate	12,155		385	189	4.60	57.6
1960	estimate	12,068		379	183	4.55	58.6
1961	estimate	12,001		378	178	4.51	59.5
1962	estimate	11,924		378	171	4.50	60.3
1963	estimate	11,843		375	167	4.46	61.0
1964	estimate	11,765		366	163	4.38	61.7
1965	estimate	11,684		354	159	4.27	62.3
1966	estimate	11,608		339	157	4.16	62.9
1967	estimate	11,536		325	155	4.08	63.5
1968	estimate	11,468		310	153	3.99	64.1
1969	estimate	11,410		291	153	3.86	64.7
1970	estimate	11,334		274	152	3.74	65.3
1971	estimate	11,331		273	150	3.62	65.8
1972	estimate	11,344		275	146	3.50	66.4
1973	estimate	11,356		275	144	3.35	67.0
1974	estimate	11,375		269	142	3.16	67.4
1975	estimate	11,402		259	140	2.95	67.8
1976	estimate	11,415		249	140	2.76	68.2
1977	estimate	11,428		237	141	2.59	68.6
1978	estimate	11,440		227	143	2.44	68.9
1979	estimate	11,433		218	145	2.32	69.1
1980	estimate	11,386		214	148	2.24	69.3
1981	estimate	11,293		217	146	2.25	69.5
1982	estimate	11,213		244	144	2.50	69.7
1983	estimate	11,150		244	141	2.49	69.9
1984	estimate	11,090		239	139	2.44	70.0
1985	estimate	11,021		230	136	2.36	70.2
1986	estimate	10,968		219	134	2.26	70.3
1987	estimate	10,919		213	132	2.22	70.5
1988	estimate	10,871		206	131	2.19	70.6
1989	estimate	10,821		201	140	2.17	68.3
1990	estimate	10,733		196	127	2.16	70.9
1991	estimate	10,621		191	125	2.17	71.1
1992	estimate	10,252		181	121	2.16	71.4
1993	estimate	9,722		167	116	2.14	71.7
1994	estimate	9,141		151	111	2.08	71.9
1995	estimate	8,546		129	106	1.94	72.2
1996	estimate	7,923		103	100	1.70	72.4
1997	estimate	7,284		81	126	1.50	63.2
1998	estimate	6,632		65	90	1.35	72.8
1999	estimate	5,971		51	85	1.20	73.0
2000	estimate	5,346		44	82	1.23	73.2
2001	estimate	4,711		44	77	1.52	73.3
2002	estimate	4,470		39	70	1.45	73.5
2003	estimate	4,481		44	65	1.60	73.8
2004	estimate	4,500		45	62	1.61	74.0
2005	estimate	4,530		45	59	1.61	74.2
2006	estimate	4,563		46	57	1.61	74.3
2007	estimate	4,600		46	56	1.60	74.5
2008	estimate	4,646		46	56	1.60	74.5
2009	estimate	4,708		46	56	1.59	74.6
2010	estimate	4,762		46	57	1.58	74.7
2011	estimate	4,826		46	57	1.57	74.8
2012	estimate	4,819		46	57	1.56	74.8
2013	estimate	4,773		44	56	1.48	74.9
2014	estimate	4,732		44	55	1.47	75.0
2015	estimate	4,690		45	55	1.51	75.1
2016	estimate	4,655		48	55	1.62	75.2
2017	estimate	4,620		50	55	1.69	75.3
2018	estimate	4,585		52	55	1.75	75.5
2019	estimate	4,553		55	56	1.86	75.6
2020	estimate	4,526		58	58	1.95	75.6
2021	estimate	4,489		56	59	1.94	75.9
2022	estimate	4,470		44	61	1.55	76.0
2023	estimate	4,436		39	60	1.44	76.2
2024	estimate	4,405		38	60	1.45	76.3
2025	projection	4,373	4,268–4,471	37	60	1.45	76.5
2026	projection	4,346	4,122–4,559	36	59	1.45	76.7
2027	projection	4,310	3,942–4,654	36	59	1.46	76.8
2028	projection	4,285	3,783–4,797	35	59	1.46	77.0
2029	projection	4,246	3,614–4,943	34	58	1.46	77.2
2030	projection	4,219	3,442–5,132	34	58	1.46	77.3
2031	projection	4,184	3,283–5,368	34	58	1.47	77.5
2032	projection	4,157	3,143–5,573	34	58	1.47	77.6
2033	projection	4,121	3,005–5,825	34	58	1.48	77.8
2034	projection	4,092	2,862–6,042	34	58	1.48	77.9
2035	projection	4,061	2,732–6,287	34	58	1.48	78.1
2036	projection	4,032	2,636–6,623	34	58	1.48	78.3
2037	projection	3,998	2,526–6,967	35	58	1.48	78.4
2038	projection	3,969	2,375–7,236	35	58	1.49	78.6
2039	projection	3,948	2,270–7,542	36	58	1.49	78.8
2040	projection	3,918	2,144–7,843	36	58	1.49	78.9
2041	projection	3,887	2,041–8,236	36	58	1.49	79.1
2042	projection	3,860	1,941–8,630	37	57	1.49	79.3
2043	projection	3,841	1,842–9,170	37	57	1.49	79.4
2044	projection	3,823	1,788–9,294	37	57	1.50	79.6
2045	projection	3,801	1,749–9,709	37	57	1.50	79.7
2046	projection	3,779	1,681–10,250	36	56	1.50	79.9
2047	projection	3,761	1,622–11,007	36	56	1.50	80.0
2048	projection	3,738	1,557–11,568	36	56	1.50	80.2
2049	projection	3,722	1,521–11,767	35	55	1.50	80.4
2050	projection	3,705	1,499–12,196	35	55	1.50	80.5
2051	projection	3,679	1,448–12,706	34	55	1.51	80.7
2052	projection	3,656	1,429–12,867	33	54	1.51	80.8
2053	projection	3,638	1,408–13,457	32	54	1.51	81.0
2054	projection	3,614	1,377–14,042	31	54	1.51	81.1
2055	projection	3,592	1,360–14,715	30	53	1.51	81.3
2056	projection	3,573	1,355–15,095	30	53	1.52	81.4
2057	projection	3,550	1,302–15,620	29	52	1.52	81.5
2058	projection	3,526	1,282–16,102	28	52	1.52	81.7
2059	projection	3,508	1,262–16,693	27	52	1.52	81.8
2060	projection	3,486	1,231–17,039	27	51	1.52	82.0
2061	projection	3,464	1,191–17,739	26	51	1.52	82.1
2062	projection	3,440	1,144–18,235	26	50	1.53	82.3
2063	projection	3,419	1,130–18,666	26	50	1.53	82.4
2064	projection	3,397	1,109–19,561	26	49	1.53	82.6
2065	projection	3,373	1,091–20,324	26	49	1.53	82.7
2066	projection	3,354	1,089–20,786	26	49	1.53	82.8
2067	projection	3,330	1,083–21,353	26	48	1.53	83.0
2068	projection	3,309	1,077–21,901	26	48	1.53	83.1
2069	projection	3,286	1,050–22,587	26	48	1.53	83.2
2070	projection	3,264	1,043–23,240	27	48	1.54	83.4
2071	projection	3,248	1,035–24,189	27	47	1.54	83.5
2072	projection	3,229	1,017–24,556	27	47	1.54	83.6
2073	projection	3,212	1,048–24,861	27	47	1.54	83.8
2074	projection	3,187	1,058–25,168	27	47	1.54	83.9
2075	projection	3,177	1,066–26,459	27	47	1.54	84.0
2076	projection	3,160	1,067–27,040	27	46	1.54	84.2
2077	projection	3,135	1,037–28,345	27	46	1.54	84.3
2078	projection	3,121	1,016–29,802	27	46	1.54	84.4
2079	projection	3,105	1,007–30,835	27	45	1.54	84.5
2080	projection	3,092	1,000–32,057	26	45	1.54	84.7
2081	projection	3,068	941–33,132	26	44	1.54	84.8
2082	projection	3,053	934–33,840	26	44	1.55	84.9
2083	projection	3,036	956–34,906	25	44	1.55	85.0
2084	projection	3,025	967–36,283	25	43	1.55	85.2
2085	projection	3,011	948–37,383	25	43	1.55	85.3
2086	projection	2,997	922–38,554	24	42	1.55	85.4
2087	projection	2,974	910–40,245	24	42	1.55	85.5
2088	projection	2,958	902–42,902	23	41	1.55	85.6
2089	projection	2,946	900–45,113	23	41	1.55	85.8
2090	projection	2,932	876–46,122	23	40	1.55	85.9
2091	projection	2,913	867–46,875	22	40	1.55	86.0
2092	projection	2,895	854–48,189	22	40	1.55	86.1
2093	projection	2,885	850–52,100	22	40	1.55	86.2
2094	projection	2,875	832–52,437	22	40	1.55	86.3
2095	projection	2,858	820–54,389	22	40	1.56	86.4
2096	projection	2,841	787–56,016	22	39	1.56	86.5
2097	projection	2,825	802–59,376	21	39	1.56	86.7
2098	projection	2,815	823–60,077	21	39	1.56	86.8
2099	projection	2,806	827–61,271	22	40	1.56	86.9
2100	projection	2,792	853–63,106	22	40	1.56	87.0

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

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

MSR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Montserrat, 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.

MSR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Montserrat

Montserrat had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1986: 6,691 people aged 15–64, against 2,829 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

26 children

30 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 14 years: 2004–2017.

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

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

MSR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Montserrat, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Montserrat loses 12 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 7 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.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 73 (2010); its biggest loss, 645 (1995).

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in Montserrat

Of every 100 babies born in Montserrat in 2023, 4 had a mother under 20, 69 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 27 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 25 under 20 and 9 aged 35 or older.

1950
25 · 66 · 9

2023
4 · 69 · 27

2050 · projected
1 · 74 · 25

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: 29.9 years; 26.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 12; 179 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Montserrat by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	14	9	0	0	0	0
15–19	102	86	5	2	0	0
20–24	127	79	8	5	3	3
25–29	108	54	12	11	10	6
30–34	64	21	11	11	13	8
35–39	30	7	7	8	7	4
40–44	9	3	1	2	2	1
45–49	1	0	0	0	0	0
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	455	259	44	39	35	22

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

MSR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Montserrat

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Montserrat 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

MSR · of every 100 people

How people live in Montserrat

Of every 100 people in Montserrat 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

MSR · cities · 2025

Cities in Montserrat

No place in Montserrat 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.

All the world's cities

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 Montserrat 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.