Channel Islands — Population
Population, Total for Channel Islands, 1960–2025.
Population for Channel Islands was 168,466 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 110,808 in 1960 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.65% per year.
Channel Islands ranks 185 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 6.01 million, so Channel Islands sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 50 of 58 economies; Isle of Man (84,118) is just below it.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 108 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 174th of 216 in 1960 → 176th of 216 in 1970 → 181st of 216 in 1980 → 183rd of 217 in 1990 → 184th of 217 in 2000 → 185th of 217 in 2010 → 184th of 217 in 2020 → 185th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168,466 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 168,126 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 167,691 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 167,215 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 166,741 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 166,235 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 165,639 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 164,949 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 164,319 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 163,883 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 163,454 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 162,726 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 161,777 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 160,767 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 159,706 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 158,621 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 157,511 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 156,408 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 155,309 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 154,214 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 153,126 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 152,039 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 150,960 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 149,881 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 148,850 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 148,110 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 147,554 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 146,906 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 146,214 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 145,565 | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 145,247 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 145,163 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 144,984 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 144,733 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 144,269 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 143,087 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 141,501 | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 140,089 | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 138,743 | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 137,413 | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 136,075 | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 134,727 | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 133,413 | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 132,172 | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 131,078 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 130,462 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 130,220 | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 129,981 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 129,726 | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 129,391 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 128,781 | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 127,893 | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 126,873 | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 125,764 | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 124,555 | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 123,288 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 122,039 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 120,793 | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 119,505 | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 118,186 | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 116,879 | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 115,561 | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 114,234 | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 112,953 | +1.0% |
| 1961 | 111,782 | +0.9% |
| 1960 | 110,808 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Channel Islands’s Population in 1961?
111,782 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Channel Islands’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Channel Islands’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +52.0% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 168,466; 2024: 168,126; 2023: 167,691; 2022: 167,215; 2021: 166,741. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.