UN country group · UN WPP 2024

SIDS Caribbean population

SIDS Caribbean population now

46,736,316

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 46,111,811

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 46.6949 million
Median age: 33.5
Aged 65+: 11.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2045

male female projection · one cell = 10,000 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

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

SIDS Caribbean in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 46,111,811 people in SIDS Caribbean, and 0.57% of the world's people. That is 2.6 times its 1950 population of 17.9 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2045 at 48.3 million, then falling to 39.4 million by 2100.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2052 and staying above them from then on.

The median age was 20.1 in 1950 and 32.5 in 2023; the projection has 46.5 in 2100. 10.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 26.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2035 at 31.3 million.

Population, mid-2023: 46,111,811
Share of the world, 2023: 0.57%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.47% · +215,043 people
Births, 2023: 689,078
Deaths, 2023: 381,479
Net migration, 2023: −86,940
Children per woman, 2023: 1.99
Median age, 2023: 32.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 73.1 years
Population, mid-1950: 17,901,241
Projected, mid-2050: 48,178,867
Projected, mid-2100: 39,369,140

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: SIDS Caribbean, 1950–2100

SIDS Caribbean: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	17,724,851	710,705	288,893	5.20	50.9
1951	estimate	18,077,631	718,282	285,464	5.17	51.4
1952	estimate	18,436,689	727,767	280,904	5.15	52.1
1953	estimate	18,799,909	740,071	275,232	5.16	53.0
1954	estimate	19,171,635	755,362	272,577	5.18	53.7
1955	estimate	19,551,216	770,846	269,904	5.21	54.4
1956	estimate	19,938,268	785,561	268,881	5.22	54.9
1957	estimate	20,333,943	797,983	267,280	5.23	55.5
1958	estimate	20,738,876	813,721	266,879	5.25	56.0
1959	estimate	21,154,545	831,432	265,795	5.29	56.6
1960	estimate	21,582,478	853,539	265,350	5.36	57.2
1961	estimate	22,037,868	869,542	266,104	5.37	57.6
1962	estimate	22,503,081	889,310	265,480	5.40	58.2
1963	estimate	22,980,065	906,605	273,619	5.42	58.0
1964	estimate	23,460,086	913,511	266,588	5.37	59.0
1965	estimate	23,946,532	917,996	269,210	5.31	59.2
1966	estimate	24,429,787	912,115	264,610	5.18	59.9
1967	estimate	24,915,232	906,685	263,188	5.06	60.4
1968	estimate	25,396,861	901,016	263,153	4.93	60.7
1969	estimate	25,874,429	900,054	263,447	4.83	61.0
1970	estimate	26,352,108	896,848	263,480	4.70	61.3
1971	estimate	26,838,511	897,159	261,783	4.59	61.8
1972	estimate	27,331,266	892,794	262,966	4.45	62.0
1973	estimate	27,802,977	887,630	263,801	4.30	62.3
1974	estimate	28,266,692	876,385	263,886	4.14	62.6
1975	estimate	28,718,149	857,615	263,578	3.95	62.9
1976	estimate	29,161,469	843,107	264,397	3.79	63.2
1977	estimate	29,591,540	829,816	265,414	3.63	63.5
1978	estimate	30,008,030	812,825	267,092	3.46	63.7
1979	estimate	30,412,017	812,722	271,060	3.37	63.8
1980	estimate	30,810,430	811,566	271,983	3.27	64.1
1981	estimate	31,200,160	817,057	274,211	3.21	64.4
1982	estimate	31,603,830	844,215	274,610	3.23	64.8
1983	estimate	32,038,563	857,713	275,740	3.20	65.0
1984	estimate	32,485,865	861,676	277,782	3.13	65.3
1985	estimate	32,934,177	869,380	281,603	3.09	65.4
1986	estimate	33,384,084	878,779	282,912	3.06	65.7
1987	estimate	33,832,366	886,878	284,531	3.03	65.9
1988	estimate	34,282,668	901,233	287,386	3.03	66.1
1989	estimate	34,747,710	910,252	291,920	3.01	66.3
1990	estimate	35,215,725	913,114	293,274	2.98	66.5
1991	estimate	35,691,590	897,552	294,632	2.90	66.8
1992	estimate	36,157,634	887,564	297,397	2.83	66.9
1993	estimate	36,612,476	877,240	299,942	2.77	67.1
1994	estimate	37,047,477	868,887	301,138	2.73	67.3
1995	estimate	37,476,256	862,973	301,310	2.70	67.6
1996	estimate	37,903,408	854,039	301,467	2.66	67.9
1997	estimate	38,325,882	856,695	300,284	2.66	68.3
1998	estimate	38,742,423	845,778	301,837	2.62	68.6
1999	estimate	39,150,555	844,394	301,650	2.60	69.0
2000	estimate	39,551,324	841,844	304,599	2.59	69.2
2001	estimate	39,931,401	828,628	304,351	2.55	69.6
2002	estimate	40,295,627	819,798	303,810	2.51	70.0
2003	estimate	40,654,573	809,511	303,074	2.47	70.3
2004	estimate	41,008,751	795,426	314,769	2.42	69.9
2005	estimate	41,339,390	783,625	311,186	2.38	70.6
2006	estimate	41,661,496	771,278	315,388	2.33	70.8
2007	estimate	41,979,181	773,319	319,827	2.32	70.9
2008	estimate	42,291,147	785,738	323,897	2.34	71.1
2009	estimate	42,602,826	796,983	328,102	2.36	71.4
2010	estimate	42,918,923	794,355	420,242	2.34	65.7
2011	estimate	43,127,533	793,902	331,512	2.33	71.8
2012	estimate	43,421,427	780,994	330,398	2.29	72.1
2013	estimate	43,705,681	772,950	332,525	2.26	72.3
2014	estimate	43,979,704	766,261	339,754	2.23	72.3
2015	estimate	44,234,004	761,938	345,078	2.22	72.4
2016	estimate	44,490,958	748,676	354,225	2.18	72.3
2017	estimate	44,726,840	738,656	362,065	2.15	72.3
2018	estimate	44,847,437	732,407	361,343	2.14	72.6
2019	estimate	45,203,080	722,173	368,818	2.10	72.6
2020	estimate	45,404,912	709,759	388,209	2.06	72.2
2021	estimate	45,650,536	698,985	472,374	2.02	69.9
2022	estimate	45,792,075	692,979	385,652	2.00	72.6
2023	estimate	46,001,460	689,078	381,479	1.99	73.1
2024	estimate	46,222,163	684,927	386,207	1.98	73.3
2025	projection	46,425,784	678,765	391,588	1.97	73.4
2026	projection	46,610,417	673,336	397,232	1.95	73.6
2027	projection	46,779,363	668,388	402,905	1.94	73.7
2028	projection	46,940,495	663,323	408,883	1.93	73.8
2029	projection	47,090,064	658,863	414,958	1.92	74.0
2030	projection	47,229,661	654,305	421,096	1.91	74.1
2031	projection	47,359,308	649,868	427,361	1.91	74.3
2032	projection	47,481,849	645,386	433,692	1.90	74.4
2033	projection	47,596,068	640,742	440,067	1.89	74.5
2034	projection	47,700,906	636,415	446,586	1.89	74.7
2035	projection	47,797,228	632,200	453,036	1.88	74.8
2036	projection	47,886,463	627,757	459,489	1.87	74.9
2037	projection	47,966,796	623,369	466,078	1.87	75.0
2038	projection	48,036,249	618,955	472,531	1.86	75.2
2039	projection	48,098,627	614,199	478,967	1.86	75.3
2040	projection	48,149,832	609,331	485,466	1.85	75.4
2041	projection	48,193,709	604,715	491,971	1.85	75.5
2042	projection	48,229,884	600,027	498,508	1.85	75.6
2043	projection	48,257,425	595,266	504,745	1.84	75.7
2044	projection	48,275,369	590,039	511,079	1.84	75.8
2045	projection	48,285,121	585,087	517,231	1.84	75.9
2046	projection	48,285,614	579,821	523,255	1.83	76.0
2047	projection	48,276,669	574,795	529,172	1.83	76.2
2048	projection	48,259,216	570,066	534,899	1.82	76.3
2049	projection	48,235,124	564,715	540,737	1.82	76.4
2050	projection	48,199,171	559,639	546,293	1.82	76.5
2051	projection	48,158,563	554,788	551,752	1.81	76.5
2052	projection	48,106,142	549,419	556,651	1.81	76.7
2053	projection	48,044,827	544,359	561,519	1.81	76.7
2054	projection	47,974,348	539,423	565,979	1.80	76.8
2055	projection	47,893,213	534,880	570,326	1.80	76.9
2056	projection	47,804,420	530,612	574,181	1.80	77.0
2057	projection	47,705,921	526,590	577,795	1.80	77.1
2058	projection	47,602,932	522,098	581,100	1.79	77.2
2059	projection	47,492,324	517,650	584,289	1.79	77.3
2060	projection	47,374,381	513,280	587,171	1.79	77.4
2061	projection	47,249,012	509,209	589,505	1.78	77.5
2062	projection	47,117,964	505,459	591,619	1.78	77.6
2063	projection	46,981,385	501,580	593,296	1.78	77.7
2064	projection	46,841,061	497,955	594,961	1.78	77.8
2065	projection	46,694,125	494,368	596,163	1.77	77.9
2066	projection	46,541,850	490,557	597,556	1.77	78.0
2067	projection	46,387,082	486,773	598,644	1.77	78.1
2068	projection	46,228,065	482,892	599,523	1.76	78.2
2069	projection	46,064,627	479,161	600,403	1.76	78.3
2070	projection	45,896,809	475,502	601,206	1.76	78.4
2071	projection	45,724,921	471,836	601,893	1.76	78.5
2072	projection	45,550,686	468,407	602,820	1.76	78.6
2073	projection	45,371,239	464,735	603,348	1.75	78.7
2074	projection	45,188,295	460,911	603,993	1.75	78.8
2075	projection	45,001,025	457,217	604,716	1.75	78.9
2076	projection	44,811,466	453,678	605,299	1.75	79.0
2077	projection	44,618,232	449,970	605,967	1.75	79.1
2078	projection	44,420,338	446,337	606,577	1.75	79.2
2079	projection	44,219,266	442,442	607,043	1.74	79.3
2080	projection	44,014,369	438,501	607,310	1.74	79.4
2081	projection	43,805,008	434,621	607,384	1.74	79.5
2082	projection	43,593,587	430,899	607,326	1.74	79.6
2083	projection	43,378,320	427,180	606,928	1.74	79.7
2084	projection	43,162,485	423,517	606,468	1.73	79.8
2085	projection	42,942,445	419,684	605,306	1.73	79.9
2086	projection	42,719,473	415,932	604,244	1.73	80.0
2087	projection	42,493,963	412,524	602,741	1.73	80.1
2088	projection	42,267,924	408,913	601,183	1.72	80.2
2089	projection	42,040,320	405,441	599,244	1.72	80.3
2090	projection	41,810,098	402,279	597,293	1.72	80.4
2091	projection	41,580,355	399,145	595,300	1.72	80.5
2092	projection	41,349,753	396,035	593,185	1.72	80.6
2093	projection	41,118,291	392,857	590,892	1.72	80.7
2094	projection	40,885,897	389,973	588,952	1.72	80.8
2095	projection	40,653,727	386,908	586,652	1.72	80.9
2096	projection	40,420,605	383,721	584,412	1.72	81.0
2097	projection	40,187,651	380,648	581,723	1.71	81.1
2098	projection	39,954,661	377,712	579,018	1.71	81.2
2099	projection	39,720,649	374,801	576,521	1.71	81.3
2100	projection	39,486,442	371,993	573,725	1.71	81.4

AGG · membership

What SIDS Caribbean is

SIDS Caribbean is one of the UN's analytical groupings. This dataset carries the group's totals, not its membership, so its countries are not listed here.

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

SIDS Caribbean: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	335,007	323,419
1	334,540	323,359
2	335,458	324,072
3	335,948	324,328
4	337,055	325,412
5	340,633	328,881
6	346,160	333,929
7	351,368	339,017
8	353,929	341,789
9	356,078	343,736
10	360,395	347,828
11	363,338	350,989
12	364,789	352,522
13	367,198	354,725
14	370,422	358,674
15	371,394	360,327
16	369,970	358,746
17	366,642	355,241
18	360,543	349,222
19	355,124	344,190
20	353,266	342,814
21	354,723	344,732
22	357,191	347,518
23	359,124	349,810
24	360,629	351,800
25	361,862	353,751
26	359,804	352,220
27	355,144	347,889
28	352,278	345,501
29	350,904	344,852
30	348,324	343,645
31	344,976	341,770
32	343,904	340,834
33	345,204	341,689
34	347,108	343,423
35	347,628	345,330
36	344,924	344,558
37	338,519	339,130
38	328,835	329,938
39	320,662	321,480
40	316,402	317,212
41	309,876	312,202
42	301,730	306,005
43	294,306	299,399
44	283,213	288,566
45	273,469	279,080
46	268,360	274,834
47	264,020	271,707
48	263,400	271,129
49	265,638	274,374
50	265,353	276,977
51	264,480	278,223
52	267,148	282,080
53	270,926	287,032
54	269,071	286,948
55	262,573	281,269
56	255,212	274,853
57	249,087	271,982
58	246,071	270,957
59	244,274	269,839
60	241,034	268,714
61	236,798	266,228
62	231,598	260,545
63	222,397	251,258
64	207,382	237,699
65	192,939	223,504
66	180,608	210,368
67	167,509	197,328
68	156,559	187,124
69	147,874	179,635
70	139,875	172,324
71	132,236	164,315
72	125,170	157,138
73	117,206	148,635
74	107,908	138,464
75	99,676	129,537
76	92,114	120,762
77	85,534	113,390
78	79,812	107,402
79	72,404	99,172
80	64,797	90,664
81	57,893	82,388
82	51,535	74,188
83	45,813	66,958
84	39,588	59,418
85	34,280	52,852
86	29,652	46,982
87	24,896	40,827
88	20,756	35,250
89	17,217	30,094
90	14,044	25,282
91	11,131	20,974
92	8,904	17,462
93	7,094	14,373
94	5,394	11,418
95	4,110	9,070
96	3,100	7,124
97	2,226	5,367
98	1,562	3,984
99	1,098	2,942
100+	2,040	6,598

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

SIDS Caribbean, 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.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in SIDS Caribbean

On the UN's projection, SIDS Caribbean will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2035: 31,292,200 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 30,579,100.

100 aged 15–64

35 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.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

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

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in SIDS Caribbean, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 SIDS Caribbean loses 90,841 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 17,227 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 2,000 people 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 -15,496 (2018), and a loss of 255,952 (2017).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in SIDS Caribbean

Of every 100 babies born in SIDS Caribbean in 2023, 12 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 15 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 69 · 15

2023
12 · 72 · 16

2050 · projected
8 · 71 · 21

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: 689,078
Average age when women have a baby: 28.0 years; 28.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 47; 124 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in SIDS Caribbean by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	5,243	7,194	6,820	2,460	1,160	112
15–19	109,434	161,998	137,916	81,564	44,618	10,191
20–24	205,912	265,430	234,923	177,031	113,991	47,914
25–29	168,119	197,317	213,689	178,293	144,843	102,507
30–34	113,269	120,397	144,826	143,079	138,627	120,062
35–39	75,588	72,052	76,499	80,267	87,147	70,632
40–44	28,472	27,939	23,539	23,625	26,773	19,034
45–49	4,513	5,076	3,496	2,686	2,429	1,524
50–54	155	212	136	73	51	17
All babies	710,705	857,615	841,844	689,078	559,639	371,993

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

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. 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.