Channel Islands Population
Channel Islands had an estimated population of 168,466 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 185th most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.00% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.20% a year.
Channel Islands at a glance
How Channel Islands's population is changing
Channel Islands's population is roughly stable: +0.20% a year, which works out to about +340 people per year, or +1 a day. Births (8.2 per 1,000) and deaths (10.4 per 1,000) alone would give −0.22% a year; net migration adds about 675 people a year (+0.40%). Roughly one in every 48,766 people on Earth lives in Channel Islands.
Population of Channel Islands since 1960
In 1960, Channel Islands had 110,808 people. By 2025 that was 168,466 — 1.5× larger. The fastest growth came between 1961 and 1971, when the population rose by 11%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 110,808 | — |
| 1970 | 123,288 | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 130,462 | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 143,087 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 148,110 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 158,621 | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 166,235 | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 168,466 | +1.3% |
How Channel Islands compares
Channel Islands has almost the same population as Guam (168,999).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Channel Islands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #183 |  Saint Lucia | 180,149 | +7% | compare → |
| #184 |  Guam | 168,999 | +0% | compare → |
| #186 |  Curaçao | 156,263 | −7% | compare → |
| #187 |  Kiribati | 136,488 | −19% | compare → |
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In its region
Channel Islands is the 50th most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 0.0% of the region's 932,525,035 people.
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