Population:
19,350 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.5% (male 3,202; female 3,094)
15-64 years: 63.7% (male 6,484; female 5,848)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 321; female 401) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 27 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 26.3 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
3.14% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
23.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
4.34 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
12.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 19.48 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74 years
male: 71.82 years
female: 76.3 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.15 children born/woman (2003 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%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990)
Languages:
English (official)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
female: 98% (1970 est.)
male: 99%
total population: 98%
People - note:
destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, and US
NOTE: The information regarding Turks and Caicos Islands on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turks and Caicos Islands People 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.