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🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TCA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TC
UN M49 numeric796
IOC code
Official nameTurks and Caicos Islands
Native name(s)eng: official: Turks and Caicos Islands; common: Turks and Caicos Islands
Alt spellingsTC
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional group
CapitalCockburn Town
Area (km²)948
Lat / Lng21.7500, -71.5833
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.tc
Calling coderoot: +1; suffixes: 649

Demographics

Population (World Bank)46,855 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.181 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Turks and Caicos Islander; m: Turks and Caicos Islander; fra: f: —; m: —
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,745,378,000 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)37,506.78 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesUSD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,038
19515,052
19525,016
19534,986
19545,028
19555,135
19565,250
19575,358
19585,446
19595,534
19605,599
19615,622
19625,636
19635,647
19645,657
19655,658
19665,654
19675,657
19685,656
19695,652
19705,667
19715,754
19725,915
19736,090
19746,273
19756,463
19766,660
19776,864
19787,083
19797,306
19807,564
19817,908
19828,297
19838,697
19849,107
19859,521
19869,941
198710,361
198810,775
198911,193
199011,688
199112,305
199212,970
199313,648
199414,344
199515,052
199615,765
199716,482
199817,212
199917,959
200018,730
200119,576
200220,597
200321,727
200422,856
200523,988
200625,123
200726,270
200827,427
200928,588
201029,739
201130,846
201232,127
201333,653
201435,050
201536,605
201638,315
201739,913
201841,559
201943,166
202044,386
202145,243
202245,847
202346,198

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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      "official": "جزر توركس وكايكوس",
      "common": "جزر توركس وكايكوس"
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      "common": "Inizi Turks ha Caicos"
    },
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      "official": "Turks a Caicos",
      "common": "Turks a Caicos"
    },
    "deu": {
      "official": "Turks und Caicos Inseln",
      "common": "Turks-und Caicosinseln"
    },
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      "official": "Turksi ja Caicose saared",
      "common": "Turks ja Caicos"
    },
    "fin": {
      "official": "Turks-ja Caicossaaret",
      "common": "Turks-ja Caicossaaret"
    },
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      "official": "Îles Turques et Caïques",
      "common": "Îles Turques-et-Caïques"
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      "official": "Otoci Turks i Caicos",
      "common": "Otoci Turks i Caicos"
    },
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      "official": "Turks- és Caicos-szigetek",
      "common": "Turks- és Caicos-szigetek"
    },
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      "official": "Turks e Caicos",
      "common": "Isole Turks e Caicos"
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    "jpn": {
      "official": "タークス・カイコス諸島",
      "common": "タークス・カイコス諸島"
    },
    "kor": {
      "official": "터크스 케이커스 제도",
      "common": "터크스 케이커스 제도"
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      "official": "Turks-en Caicoseilanden",
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      "official": "جزایر تورکس و کایکوس",
      "common": "جزایر تورکس و کایکوس"
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      "official": "Turks i Caicos",
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    },
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      "official": "Ilhas Turks e Caicos",
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    },
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      "common": "Islas Turks y Caicos"
    },
    "srp": {
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      "common": "Ostrva Terks i Kejkos"
    },
    "swe": {
      "official": "Turks- och Caicosöarna",
      "common": "Turks- och Caicosöarna"
    },
    "tur": {
      "official": "Turks ve Caicos Adaları",
      "common": "Turks ve Caicos Adaları"
    },
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      "official": "جزائر کیکس و ترکیہ",
      "common": "جزائر کیکس و ترکیہ"
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      "official": "特克斯和凯科斯群岛",
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    "translations": {
      "ara": {
        "official": "جزر توركس وكايكوس",
        "common": "جزر توركس وكايكوس"
      },
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        "official": "Inizi Turks ha Caicos",
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "official": "Turksi ja Caicose saared",
        "common": "Turks ja Caicos"
      },
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        "common": "Turks-ja Caicossaaret"
      },
      "fra": {
        "official": "Îles Turques et Caïques",
        "common": "Îles Turques-et-Caïques"
      },
      "hrv": {
        "official": "Otoci Turks i Caicos",
        "common": "Otoci Turks i Caicos"
      },
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        "common": "Turks- és Caicos-szigetek"
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        "official": "タークス・カイコス諸島",
        "common": "タークス・カイコス諸島"
      },
      "kor": {
        "official": "터크스 케이커스 제도",
        "common": "터크스 케이커스 제도"
      },
      "nld": {
        "official": "Turks-en Caicoseilanden",
        "common": "Turks-en Caicoseilanden"
      },
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        "official": "جزایر تورکس و کایکوس",
        "common": "جزایر تورکس و کایکوس"
      },
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        "official": "Turks i Caicos",
        "common": "Turks i Caicos"
      },
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        "common": "Ilhas Turks e Caicos"
      },
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        "common": "Теркс и Кайкос"
      },
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        "official": "Ostrovy Turks a Caicos",
        "common": "Turks a Caicos"
      },
      "spa": {
        "official": "Islas Turcas y Caicos",
        "common": "Islas Turks y Caicos"
      },
      "srp": {
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        "common": "Ostrva Terks i Kejkos"
      },
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      },
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        "official": "Turks ve Caicos Adaları",
        "common": "Turks ve Caicos Adaları"
      },
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        "official": "جزائر کیکس و ترکیہ",
        "common": "جزائر کیکس و ترکیہ"
      },
      "zho": {
        "official": "特克斯和凯科斯群岛",
        "common": "特克斯和凯科斯群岛"
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}