Population: 9,983 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)

Birth rate: 25 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: no noun or adjectival forms

Ethnic divisions: majority of African descent

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

Language: English (official)

Literacy: 98% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

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

Organized labor: Saint George's Industrial Trade Union

NOTE: The information regarding Turks and Caicos Islands on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turks and Caicos Islands People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turks and Caicos Islands People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.