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Northern Mariana Islands vs Turks and Caicos Islands

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Northern Mariana Islands

43,541#207 · −1.68%/yr
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Turks and Caicos Islands

46,855#204 · +0.69%/yr

Turks and Caicos Islands has 8% more people than Northern Mariana Islands: 46,855 vs 43,541, a gap of 3,314. Turks and Caicos Islands is growing faster (+0.69% vs −1.68% a year), adding about 321 people a year against −731. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Northern Mariana Islands is 2.0× as densely populated (98.1 vs 48.6 people per km²). GDP per capita is 1.6× higher in Turks and Caicos Islands ($37,507 vs $23,786).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Northern Mariana Islands) and 2025 (Turks and Caicos Islands); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Northern Mariana Islands vs Turks and Caicos Islands — side by side

Flag of Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana IslandsFlag of Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
Population43,541202546,8552025
Growth rate / yr−1.68%2025+0.69%2025
Births per 1,00012.1202410.52024
Deaths per 1,0005.020247.42024
Children per woman2.3220241.452024
Life expectancy78.9 yrs202478.2 yrs2024
Aged 0–1421.2%202516.0%2025
Aged 65+10.8%202511.7%2025
Density98.1 /km²202348.6 /km²2023
Area460 km²2023950 km²2023
Urban population92.2%202594.4%2025
Net migration / yr-9632025+1772025
GDP per capita$23,7862022$37,5072024
Country population rank (available records)#207#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). Northern Mariana Islands: 5.0× 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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