Greenland vs Turks and Caicos Islands
Greenland has 1.2× the population of Turks and Caicos Islands: 56,831 vs 46,855, a gap of 9,976. Turks and Caicos Islands is growing faster (+0.69% vs −0.01% a year), adding about 321 people a year against −5. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Turks and Caicos Islands would overtake Greenland in about 28 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2053) — a projection, not a forecast. Turks and Caicos Islands is 351.0× as densely populated (48.6 vs 0.1 people per km²). People in Turks and Caicos Islands live 7.9 years longer on average (78.2 vs 70.3). GDP per capita is 1.6× higher in Greenland ($58,499 vs $37,507).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Greenland) and 2025 (Turks and Caicos Islands); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Greenland vs Turks and Caicos Islands — side by side
 Greenland |  Turks and Caicos Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 56,8312025 | 46,8552025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.01%2025 | +0.69%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.02024 | 10.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 9.32024 | 7.42024 |
| Children per woman | 1.712024 | 1.452024 |
| Life expectancy | 70.3 yrs2024 | 78.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.7%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 11.5%2025 | 11.7%2025 |
| Density | 0.1 /km²2023 | 48.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 410,450 km²2023 | 950 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 88.6%2025 | 94.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -2652025 | +1772025 |
| GDP per capita | $58,4992023 | $37,5072024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #201 | #204 |
| 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). Greenland: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025; Turks and Caicos Islands: 8.4× 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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