World Factbook
Falkland Islands
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
English 89%, Spanish 7.7%, other 3.3% (2006 est.)
Religions
Christian 57.1%, other 1.6%, none 35.4%, unspecified 6% (2016 est.)
Sex ratio
total population
1.12 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Birth rate
10.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Death rate
4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Population
male
1,645
note
note: data include all persons usually resident in the islands at the time of the 2021 census
total
3,142 (2021)
female
1,497
Nationality
noun
Falkland Islander(s)
adjective
Falkland Island
Urbanization
urban population
79.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.53% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Ethnic groups
Falkland Islander 48.3%, British 23.1%, St. Helenian 7.5%, Chilean 4.6%, mixed 6%, other 8.5%, unspecified 2% (2016 est.)
note: data represent population by national identity
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
38.4 (2021)
youth dependency ratio
21.8 (2021)
potential support ratio
6 (2021)
elderly dependency ratio
16.6 (2021)
Drinking water source
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 21.8% of population
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Population growth rate
0.01% (2014 est.)
Population distribution
a very small population, with most residents living in and around Stanley
Life expectancy at birth
male
75.6
female
79.6
total population
(2017 est.) 77.9
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2,000 STANLEY (capital) (2018)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
47.7% (2016 est.)