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Turks and Caicos Islands population

Turks and Caicos Islands population now

47,215

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: 45,078–49,423.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 46,198

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 47,144; 95% range, 31 Dec: 45,078–49,423
Median age: 40.6
Aged 65+: 12.2%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2048

male female projection · one cell = 10 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

TCA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Turks and Caicos Islands in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 46,198 people in The Turks and Caicos Islands: the 213th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 9.2 times its 1950 population of 5,038.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2048 at 51,019, then falling to 38,672 by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 6,996 to 727 thousand.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2039; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. The population still grows until 2048, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 19.5 in 1950 and 39.3 in 2023; the projection has 52.7 in 2100. 10.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 34.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2025 at 33,905.

Its place in the world by population: 213th in 2023, 211th in 2050, 214th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes American Samoa in 2025, Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2026 and Greenland in 2047. It is overtaken by Sint Maarten in 2049, Gibraltar in 2056 and Liechtenstein in 2083.

Population, mid-2023: 46,198
Rank by population, 2023: 213 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.76% · +350 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 49
Land area, 2023: 950 km²
Births, 2023: 496
Deaths, 2023: 342
Net migration, 2023: +193
Children per woman, 2023: 1.46
Median age, 2023: 39.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 78.0 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,038
Projected, mid-2050: 50,988
Projected, mid-2100: 38,672

TCA · 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. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Turks and Caicos Islands, 1950–2100

Turks and Caicos 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	5,015		253	107	5.94	48.6
1951	estimate	5,062		254	105	6.00	49.4
1952	estimate	5,042		256	100	6.04	50.3
1953	estimate	4,990		258	96	6.08	51.1
1954	estimate	4,981		260	92	6.13	51.9
1955	estimate	5,075		259	91	6.17	52.7
1956	estimate	5,194		256	90	6.17	53.3
1957	estimate	5,307		252	87	6.14	54.1
1958	estimate	5,409		247	85	6.11	54.8
1959	estimate	5,482		241	83	6.06	55.6
1960	estimate	5,586		235	81	5.99	56.3
1961	estimate	5,613		228	78	5.91	57.1
1962	estimate	5,630		223	76	5.82	57.7
1963	estimate	5,641		217	73	5.72	58.4
1964	estimate	5,653		211	70	5.61	59.1
1965	estimate	5,662		204	67	5.50	59.8
1966	estimate	5,654		198	65	5.43	60.4
1967	estimate	5,653		192	63	5.39	61.0
1968	estimate	5,662		187	61	5.40	61.6
1969	estimate	5,650		179	59	5.31	62.1
1970	estimate	5,655		171	57	5.23	62.7
1971	estimate	5,678		165	55	5.14	63.3
1972	estimate	5,830		168	55	5.03	63.8
1973	estimate	6,000		173	55	4.91	64.2
1974	estimate	6,179		177	54	4.79	64.7
1975	estimate	6,367		183	54	4.69	65.2
1976	estimate	6,559		189	54	4.62	65.6
1977	estimate	6,761		195	55	4.55	66.0
1978	estimate	6,967		201	55	4.49	66.4
1979	estimate	7,200		207	56	4.43	66.8
1980	estimate	7,412		213	57	4.37	67.1
1981	estimate	7,715		227	57	4.29	67.4
1982	estimate	8,101		245	59	4.19	67.8
1983	estimate	8,492		261	60	4.08	68.1
1984	estimate	8,901		276	61	3.99	68.4
1985	estimate	9,314		292	62	3.91	68.7
1986	estimate	9,729		303	63	3.79	69.0
1987	estimate	10,154		311	64	3.65	69.3
1988	estimate	10,569		314	65	3.50	69.6
1989	estimate	10,982		315	65	3.33	69.9
1990	estimate	11,404		314	66	3.19	70.2
1991	estimate	11,971		319	67	3.05	70.5
1992	estimate	12,638		330	68	2.94	70.9
1993	estimate	13,301		342	69	2.84	71.2
1994	estimate	13,994		353	70	2.76	71.6
1995	estimate	14,693		368	72	2.70	72.0
1996	estimate	15,410		382	73	2.65	72.3
1997	estimate	16,121		393	75	2.58	72.7
1998	estimate	16,843		404	77	2.52	73.1
1999	estimate	17,582		415	79	2.46	73.5
2000	estimate	18,336		424	81	2.41	74.0
2001	estimate	19,123		429	83	2.34	74.4
2002	estimate	20,030		425	85	2.24	74.8
2003	estimate	21,164		426	89	2.18	75.3
2004	estimate	22,291		432	94	2.14	75.6
2005	estimate	23,421		439	100	2.11	76.0
2006	estimate	24,554		445	108	2.08	76.2
2007	estimate	25,693		451	117	2.05	76.4
2008	estimate	26,846		451	133	2.00	76.1
2009	estimate	28,009		448	142	1.96	76.7
2010	estimate	29,168		443	157	1.91	76.8
2011	estimate	30,310		438	175	1.86	76.9
2012	estimate	31,382		432	194	1.80	77.0
2013	estimate	32,872		438	209	1.75	77.1
2014	estimate	34,434		452	224	1.73	77.2
2015	estimate	35,666		464	236	1.72	77.3
2016	estimate	37,544		490	255	1.71	77.4
2017	estimate	39,086		507	271	1.70	77.5
2018	estimate	40,739		520	288	1.68	77.6
2019	estimate	42,378		521	304	1.62	77.7
2020	estimate	43,953		518	328	1.55	77.5
2021	estimate	44,818		507	349	1.50	77.2
2022	estimate	45,669		503	338	1.48	77.9
2023	estimate	46,026		496	342	1.46	78.0
2024	estimate	46,370		490	344	1.45	78.2
2025	projection	46,699	46,118–47,256	484	347	1.44	78.3
2026	projection	47,010	45,698–48,315	479	351	1.43	78.5
2027	projection	47,286	45,078–49,423	474	355	1.43	78.7
2028	projection	47,570	44,462–50,650	469	360	1.43	78.8
2029	projection	47,862	43,864–52,177	466	365	1.42	79.0
2030	projection	48,126	43,087–53,735	463	372	1.42	79.2
2031	projection	48,390	42,311–55,388	461	378	1.43	79.3
2032	projection	48,650	41,345–57,295	460	385	1.43	79.5
2033	projection	48,902	40,480–59,178	458	393	1.43	79.7
2034	projection	49,153	39,590–61,296	455	402	1.43	79.8
2035	projection	49,373	38,520–63,703	454	411	1.43	80.0
2036	projection	49,615	37,744–66,296	452	421	1.43	80.2
2037	projection	49,830	36,742–68,799	449	430	1.43	80.3
2038	projection	50,020	35,899–71,291	447	441	1.44	80.5
2039	projection	50,200	34,748–73,823	444	452	1.44	80.6
2040	projection	50,368	33,744–76,536	442	463	1.44	80.8
2041	projection	50,481	32,527–80,264	439	474	1.44	81.0
2042	projection	50,597	31,801–83,293	437	486	1.44	81.1
2043	projection	50,726	30,793–87,399	436	497	1.45	81.3
2044	projection	50,830	30,031–91,552	435	509	1.45	81.4
2045	projection	50,893	29,031–96,180	434	521	1.45	81.6
2046	projection	50,960	27,922–101,273	433	532	1.46	81.7
2047	projection	50,987	26,868–105,018	432	544	1.46	81.9
2048	projection	51,016	26,065–108,007	430	555	1.46	82.0
2049	projection	51,022	25,202–112,403	429	566	1.46	82.2
2050	projection	51,001	24,278–116,138	428	577	1.46	82.3
2051	projection	50,975	23,622–121,780	425	588	1.46	82.5
2052	projection	50,920	22,759–125,602	424	599	1.47	82.6
2053	projection	50,795	21,930–132,068	421	608	1.47	82.8
2054	projection	50,715	21,378–135,618	419	618	1.47	82.9
2055	projection	50,611	21,089–142,762	417	627	1.47	83.1
2056	projection	50,450	20,560–148,625	415	636	1.47	83.2
2057	projection	50,266	19,804–154,499	412	644	1.47	83.4
2058	projection	50,078	19,414–160,216	408	651	1.48	83.5
2059	projection	49,872	18,624–168,027	404	658	1.48	83.7
2060	projection	49,669	17,989–176,256	400	665	1.48	83.8
2061	projection	49,460	17,313–181,873	396	671	1.48	84.0
2062	projection	49,209	16,651–188,614	392	677	1.48	84.1
2063	projection	48,939	16,098–190,723	387	681	1.48	84.2
2064	projection	48,684	15,612–199,792	383	685	1.48	84.4
2065	projection	48,435	15,258–210,419	380	688	1.48	84.5
2066	projection	48,129	15,120–221,545	376	690	1.49	84.7
2067	projection	47,866	14,702–229,807	372	692	1.49	84.8
2068	projection	47,613	14,517–240,599	370	692	1.49	84.9
2069	projection	47,331	14,321–249,457	367	693	1.49	85.0
2070	projection	47,061	13,964–260,514	365	693	1.49	85.2
2071	projection	46,790	13,724–272,030	363	691	1.49	85.3
2072	projection	46,515	13,088–285,860	361	688	1.50	85.4
2073	projection	46,213	12,915–296,073	357	686	1.50	85.6
2074	projection	45,908	12,553–305,896	355	682	1.50	85.7
2075	projection	45,604	12,027–310,451	352	678	1.50	85.8
2076	projection	45,285	11,531–322,743	350	673	1.50	85.9
2077	projection	44,981	10,871–333,345	347	668	1.50	86.1
2078	projection	44,676	10,732–338,419	345	661	1.50	86.2
2079	projection	44,371	10,297–354,063	342	655	1.50	86.3
2080	projection	44,093	9,991–365,030	339	648	1.50	86.4
2081	projection	43,804	9,489–379,266	337	641	1.50	86.5
2082	projection	43,501	9,201–388,901	335	635	1.51	86.7
2083	projection	43,205	9,047–405,707	332	628	1.51	86.8
2084	projection	42,921	8,794–426,506	329	620	1.51	86.9
2085	projection	42,656	8,852–447,456	327	613	1.51	87.0
2086	projection	42,393	8,494–459,124	324	607	1.51	87.1
2087	projection	42,113	8,291–474,886	322	600	1.51	87.3
2088	projection	41,854	8,086–490,398	319	594	1.51	87.4
2089	projection	41,582	8,229–505,476	316	589	1.51	87.5
2090	projection	41,311	7,842–513,136	314	583	1.52	87.6
2091	projection	41,055	7,627–526,683	310	578	1.52	87.7
2092	projection	40,801	7,729–548,350	308	573	1.52	87.8
2093	projection	40,537	7,494–585,012	306	568	1.52	87.9
2094	projection	40,301	7,499–614,357	303	563	1.52	88.0
2095	projection	40,051	7,543–634,474	300	559	1.52	88.2
2096	projection	39,794	7,532–642,034	297	555	1.52	88.3
2097	projection	39,543	7,159–667,490	295	551	1.52	88.4
2098	projection	39,289	7,425–684,709	292	548	1.52	88.5
2099	projection	39,041	7,292–714,198	289	545	1.52	88.6
2100	projection	38,796	6,996–726,994	287	542	1.53	88.7

Show the numbers: Turks and Caicos Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Turks and Caicos Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	248	236
1	252	240
2	256	246
3	262	250
4	264	252
5	268	256
6	271	262
7	272	265
8	268	265
9	258	262
10	247	256
11	236	250
12	229	247
13	226	250
14	204	242
15	206	252
16	239	280
17	250	290
18	250	290
19	242	280
20	230	275
21	224	279
22	230	288
23	242	298
24	258	304
25	270	308
26	280	318
27	290	326
28	303	338
29	320	354
30	332	360
31	336	359
32	336	348
33	338	332
34	346	325
35	364	332
36	387	344
37	408	357
38	420	372
39	430	378
40	434	382
41	442	386
42	453	386
43	453	388
44	454	392
45	452	400
46	451	408
47	452	403
48	448	384
49	435	370
50	426	359
51	425	351
52	416	360
53	401	368
54	389	362
55	383	344
56	378	320
57	368	306
58	349	304
59	312	302
60	277	297
61	271	293
62	269	278
63	273	269
64	268	264
65	250	251
66	236	232
67	214	215
68	186	208
69	162	200
70	146	183
71	134	170
72	134	164
73	131	160
74	123	152
75	110	140
76	93	126
77	82	110
78	76	96
79	72	81
80	68	73
81	59	68
82	50	65
83	46	62
84	42	56
85	36	48
86	30	43
87	24	41
88	20	37
89	17	30
90	14	24
91	12	22
92	10	18
93	8	14
94	7	10
95	5	8
96	3	7
97	2	5
98	1	3
99	1	2
100+	0	3

TCA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Turks and Caicos 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.

TCA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Turks and Caicos Islands

On the UN's projection, the Turks and Caicos Islands will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2025: 33,898 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 33,671.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

15 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 44 years: 1994–2037.

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

TCA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Turks and Caicos Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Turks and Caicos Islands gains 334 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 60 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 10 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 1,658 (2015), and a loss of 190 (1953).

In 2024, 28,455 people living in the Turks and Caicos Islands had been born in another country, 61 of every 100 people there, against 43 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in Turks and Caicos Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2023, 5 had a mother under 20, 66 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 29 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 12 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.

1950
12 · 70 · 18

2023
5 · 66 · 29

2050 · projected
3 · 59 · 38

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

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 496
Average age when women have a baby: 30.4 years; 28.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 16; 116 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Turks and Caicos Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1	1	1	0	0	0
15–19	29	33	12	22	12	6
20–24	62	58	69	72	35	22
25–29	68	39	113	130	92	61
30–34	47	27	108	128	126	85
35–39	36	18	95	105	113	81
40–44	9	6	24	39	50	32
45–49	1	1	2	0	0	0
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	253	183	424	496	428	287

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

TCA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Turks and Caicos Islands

At the end of 2025, the Turks and Caicos Islands was hosting 8 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.2 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad8
Turks and Caicos Islands nationals abroad20

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1 person each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from the Turks and Caicos Islands living in another country, wherever they are.

How the world's displacement is counted

TCA · of every 100 people

How people live in Turks and Caicos Islands

Of every 100 people in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2025, 82 lived in a town or suburb and 18 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

TCA · cities · 2025

Cities in Turks and Caicos Islands

No place in the Turks and Caicos 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.

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 the Turks and Caicos 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.