| People | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Population:
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44,819 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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48 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 93% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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GRAND TURK (capital) 6,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 22.7% (male 5,188/female 5,008)
15-64 years: 73.2% (male 16,653/female 16,156)
65 years and over: 4% (male 813/female 1,001) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 30.4 years
male: 30.8 years
female: 30.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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3.485% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.76 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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2.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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20.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.052 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.11 years
male: 76.39 years
female: 81.97 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.7 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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void |
Physicians density:
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void |
Hospital bed density:
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void |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 94% of population
total: 96% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 6% of population
total: 4% of population (2000) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: none
adjective: none |
Ethnic groups:
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black 87.6%, white 7.9%, mixed 2.5%, East Indian 1.3%, other 0.7% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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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 Witnesses 1.8%, other 14% (2001) |
Languages:
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English (official) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, and the US |
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