Population: 9,531 (July 1989), growth rate 2.4% (1989)

Birth rate: 25 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 5 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 3.8 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: no noun or adjectival forms

Ethnic divisions: majority of African descent

Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist

Language: English (official)

Literacy: 99% (est.)

Labor force: NA; majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries; some subsistence agriculture

Organized labor: St. George's Industrial Trade Union

NOTE: The information regarding Turks and Caicos Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turks and Caicos Islands People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turks and Caicos Islands People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.