Official name
Turks and Caicos Islands
Name in local language
Turks and Caicos Islands (en)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
Caribbean
Population (ranking: 225e )
43,013 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
3.97 % / year
Area
948 km²
Density
45.37 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 222e )1.022 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
27,142 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
5.30 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
79.80 years (2016)
Birth rate
12.40 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
1.77 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
2.16 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
2.00 ‰ (2014)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2019)
Official languages
English
Currency
United States dollar ($ USD)
HDI (ranking: 48e )0.873 / 1 (2008)
EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018)
Government
British Overseas Territory
Head of State
Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor John Freeman
National Day
30 August
ISO Codes TC, TCA
Demonym
Turks and Caicos Islander
Tourists (ranking )
416,434 people (2017)
Tax and tourism heaven
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory of the Caribbean. They are located southeast of the Bahamas , northeast of Cuba and north of Haiti , and are composed of about forty islands divided into two archipelagos: the Turks Islands and the Caicos Islands. All part, with the Bahamas, of the Lucayes Islands.
Turks and Caicos Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Tourism in Turks and Caicos Urban areas (2019)
Urban areas
Population
Providenciales
30,294 inhabitants
Cockburn Town
6,160 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Districts
Population
Area
Caïques du Nord (North Caicos)
1,443 inhabitants
149 km²
Caïques du Sud et Caïques de l'Est (South Caicos and East Caicos)
1,139 inhabitants
203 km²
Grand Turk
6,160 inhabitants
18 km²
Grande Caïque (Middle Caicos)
168 inhabitants
144 km²
Providenciales
30,294 inhabitants
164 km²
Salt Cay
108 inhabitants
9 km²
See also
