People of Turks and Caicos Islands
Population: | 21,746 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 31.3% (male 3,466/female 3,345) 15-64 years: 64.8% (male 7,398/female 6,690) 65 years and over: 3.9% (male 394/female 453) (2007 est.) |
Median age: | total: 27.7 years male: 28.4 years female: 26.9 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: | 2.722% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: | 21.48 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: | 4.23 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: | 9.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.036 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.106 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.073 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: | total: 14.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 74.95 years male: 72.69 years female: 77.32 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: | 3.02 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | NA |
Nationality: | noun: none adjective: none |
Ethnic groups: | black 90%, mixed, European, or North American 10% |
Religions: | Baptist 40%, Anglican 18%, Methodist 16%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990) |
Languages: | English (official) |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% (1970 est.) |
People - note: | destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, and the US |