Turks and Caicos Islands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Turks and Caicos Islands, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Turks and Caicos Islands was 0.69% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.34% in 2003. The lowest was -0.07% in 1969 (about -9.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.81% per year.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 123 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Turks and Caicos Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 84%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 18 of 42 economies; British Virgin Islands (0.66%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 500% in 1966. That is 74% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1971; grown tenfold by 1981. Doubling roughly every 86 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 206th of 216 in 1961 → 204th of 216 in 1970 → 27th of 216 in 1980 → 11th of 216 in 1990 → 6th of 217 in 2000 → 7th of 217 in 2010 → 20th of 217 in 2020 → 123rd of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.69% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 0.73% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 0.76% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 1.33% | -0.6 pp |
| 2021 | 1.91% | -0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 2.79% | -1.0 pp |
| 2019 | 3.79% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 4.04% | -0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 4.09% | -0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 4.57% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 4.34% | +0.3 pp |
| 2014 | 4.07% | -0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 4.64% | +0.6 pp |
| 2012 | 4.07% | +0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 3.65% | -0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 3.95% | -0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 4.15% | -0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 4.31% | -0.2 pp |
| 2007 | 4.46% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 4.62% | -0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 4.83% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 5.07% | -0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 5.34% | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 5.08% | +0.7 pp |
| 2001 | 4.42% | +0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 4.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 4.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 4.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 4.63% | -0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 4.82% | -0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 4.97% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 5.1% | -0.2 pp |
| 1992 | 5.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 5.14% | +0.8 pp |
| 1990 | 4.33% | +0.5 pp |
| 1989 | 3.81% | -0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 3.92% | -0.2 pp |
| 1987 | 4.14% | -0.2 pp |
| 1986 | 4.32% | -0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 4.45% | -0.2 pp |
| 1984 | 4.61% | -0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 4.71% | -0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 4.8% | +0.4 pp |
| 1981 | 4.45% | +1.0 pp |
| 1980 | 3.47% | +0.4 pp |
| 1979 | 3.1% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 3.14% | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 3.02% | +0.0 pp |
| 1976 | 3% | +0.0 pp |
| 1975 | 2.98% | +0.0 pp |
| 1974 | 2.96% | +0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 2.92% | +0.2 pp |
| 1972 | 2.76% | +1.2 pp |
| 1971 | 1.52% | +1.3 pp |
| 1970 | 0.27% | +0.3 pp |
| 1969 | -0.07% | -0.1 pp |
| 1968 | -0.02% | -0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 0.05% | +0.1 pp |
| 1966 | -0.07% | -0.1 pp |
| 1965 | 0.02% | -0.2 pp |
| 1964 | 0.18% | -0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 0.19% | -0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 0.25% | -0.2 pp |
| 1961 | 0.41% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Turks and Caicos Islands’s Population growth in 1962?
0.25% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Turks and Caicos Islands’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +67.2% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. 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: 0.69%; 2024: 0.73%; 2023: 0.76%; 2022: 1.33%; 2021: 1.91%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). 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.