Sint Maarten vs Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands has 7% more people than Sint Maarten: 46,855 vs 43,923, a gap of 2,932. Sint Maarten is growing faster (+1.31% vs +0.69% a year), adding about 577 people a year against +321. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Sint Maarten would overtake Turks and Caicos Islands in about 10 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2035) — a projection, not a forecast. Sint Maarten is the older society: 14.5% aged 65+ against 11.7% in Turks and Caicos Islands, while Turks and Caicos Islands has more children (16.0% under 15 vs 14.8%). Sint Maarten is 25.9× as densely populated (1,257.3 vs 48.6 people per km²). People in Turks and Caicos Islands live 1.7 years longer on average (78.2 vs 76.5).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Sint Maarten) and 2025 (Turks and Caicos Islands); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Sint Maarten vs Turks and Caicos Islands — side by side
 Sint Maarten |  Turks and Caicos Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 43,9232025 | 46,8552025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.31%2025 | +0.69%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 9.12024 | 10.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 8.32024 | 7.42024 |
| Children per woman | 1.442024 | 1.452024 |
| Life expectancy | 76.5 yrs2024 | 78.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 14.8%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 14.5%2025 | 11.7%2025 |
| Density | 1,257.3 /km²2023 | 48.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 34 km²2023 | 950 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 94.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +5302025 | +1772025 |
| GDP per capita | $42,9782025 | $37,5072024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #206 | #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). Sint Maarten: 16.2× 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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