Channel Islands vs Kiribati
Channel Islands has 1.2× the population of Kiribati: 168,466 vs 136,488, a gap of 31,978. Kiribati is growing faster (+1.45% vs +0.20% a year), adding about 1,984 people a year against +340. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Kiribati would overtake Channel Islands in about 17 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2042) — a projection, not a forecast. Channel Islands is the older society: 20.4% aged 65+ against 4.4% in Kiribati, while Kiribati has more children (34.4% under 15 vs 14.0%). Channel Islands is 5.1× as densely populated (842.1 vs 163.6 people per km²). People in Channel Islands live 14.6 years longer on average (81.2 vs 66.6). GDP per capita is 29.2× higher in Channel Islands ($74,586 vs $2,559).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Channel Islands) and 2025 (Kiribati); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Channel Islands vs Kiribati — side by side
| CHI Channel Islands |  Kiribati | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 168,4662025 | 136,4882025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.20%2025 | +1.45%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.22024 | 25.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.42024 | 7.12024 |
| Children per woman | 1.372024 | 3.122024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.2 yrs2024 | 66.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.0%2025 | 34.4%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 20.4%2025 | 4.4%2025 |
| Density | 842.1 /km²2021 | 163.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 198 km²2021 | 810 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 32.6%2025 | 63.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +6752025 | -4622025 |
| GDP per capita | $74,5862023 | $2,5592025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #185 | #187 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Channel Islands: 1.5× from 1960 to 2025; Kiribati: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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