Turks and Caicos Islands Population
Turks and Caicos Islands had an estimated population of 46,855 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 204th 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 +0.69% a year.
Turks and Caicos Islands at a glance
How Turks and Caicos Islands's population is changing
Turks and Caicos Islands's population is growing: +0.69% a year, which works out to about +321 people per year, or +1 a day. Births (10.5 per 1,000) and deaths (7.4 per 1,000) alone would give +0.31% a year; net migration adds about 177 people a year (+0.38%). Roughly one in every 175,337 people on Earth lives in Turks and Caicos Islands.
Population of Turks and Caicos Islands since 1960
In 1960, Turks and Caicos Islands had 5,599 people. By 2025 that was 46,855 — 8.4× larger. The fastest growth came between 1989 and 1999, when the population rose by 60%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,599 | — |
| 1970 | 5,667 | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 7,564 | +33.5% |
| 1990 | 11,688 | +54.5% |
| 2000 | 18,730 | +60.2% |
| 2010 | 29,739 | +58.8% |
| 2020 | 44,386 | +49.3% |
| 2025 | 46,855 | +5.6% |
Turks and Caicos Islands from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Turks and Caicos Islands at about 174 people in 1800; the UN estimates 46,880 in 2025 (269× 1800) and projects 38,687 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2048 at 51,043 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 174 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 215 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 254 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 5,059 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 18,754 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 46,880 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 51,013 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 45,460 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 38,687 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Turks and Caicos Islands
1 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 46,855. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providenciales | 23,769 | GeoNames settlement | 50.73% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Turks and Caicos Islands compares
Turks and Caicos Islands has almost the same population as Saint Kitts and Nevis (46,922).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Turks and Caicos Islands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #202 |  Faroe Islands | 54,900 | +17% | compare → |
| #203 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46,922 | +0% | compare → |
| #205 |  American Samoa | 46,029 | −2% | compare → |
| #206 |  Sint Maarten | 43,923 | −6% | compare → |
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In its region
Turks and Caicos Islands is the 39th most populous of the 42 economies in Latin America & Caribbean, holding 0.0% of the region's 666,592,570 people.
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Cities
Providenciales — all Turks and Caicos Islands's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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