World Factbook
Turks and Caicos Islands
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
English (official)
Religions
Protestant 72.8% (Baptist 35.8%, Church of God 11.7%, Anglican 10%, Methodist 9.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%), Roman Catholic 11.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1.8%, other 14% (2006 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.01 male(s)/female
total population
1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.94 male(s)/female
Birth rate
12.73 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
3.59 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
36.5 years
total
36.6 years (2025 est.)
female
36.1 years
Population
male
30,389
total
60,439 (2024 est.)
female
30,050
Nationality
noun
none
adjective
none
Urbanization
urban population
94.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
20.4% (male 6,288/female 6,056)
15-64 years
73.2% (male 22,232/female 22,011)
65 years and over
6.4% (2024 est.) (male 1,869/female 1,983)
Ethnic groups
Black 87.6%, White 7.9%, mixed 2.5%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.7% (2006 est.)
People - note
destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Bahamas and the US
Child marriage
men married by age 18
5.1% (2020)
women married by age 15
0% (2020)
women married by age 18
23.3% (2020)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
36.6 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
27.9 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
11.5 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
8.7 (2024 est.)
Net migration rate
8.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.7 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 91.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 8.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.8% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
2.9% of GDP (2024 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
9.8% national budget (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
13.9 deaths/1,000 live births
total
10.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
8.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.73% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.83 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
eight of the thirty islands are inhabited; the island of Providenciales is the most populated, but the most densely populated is Grand Turk
Life expectancy at birth
male
78.5 years
female
84.1 years
total population
81.3 years (2024 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 97.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 98.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 98.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 2.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 1.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 1.2% of population (2022 est.)
Major urban areas - population
5,000 GRAND TURK (capital) (2018)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
59.3% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
0.4% (2020 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
15 years (2023 est.)
total
14 years (2023 est.)
female
14 years (2023 est.)