Turks & Caicos Islands--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Turks and Caicos Islands People

Population: 13,137 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.97% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 14.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 5.17 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 20.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 12.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.34 years male: 73.41 years female: 77.02 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.17 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: none adjective: none

Ethnic divisions: African

Religions: Baptist 41.2%, Methodist 18.9%, Anglican 18.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.7%, other 19.9% (1980)

Languages: English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970) total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98%

Labor force: NA

by occupation: majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries; some subsistence agriculture