Population | 101,476 (July 2021 est.) |
Nationality | noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander |
Ethnic groups | Jersey 46.4%, British 32.7%, Portuguese/Madeiran 8.2%, Polish 3.3%, Irish, French, and other White 7.1%, other 2.4% (2011 est.) |
Languages | English (official) 94.5%, Portuguese 4.6%, other .9% (includes French (official) and Jerriais) (2001 est.)note: data represent main spoken language; the traditional language of Jersey is Jerriais or Jersey French (a Norman language), which was spoken by fewer than 3,000 people as of 2001; two thirds of Jerriais speakers are aged 60 and over |
Religions | Protestant (Anglican, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian), Roman Catholic |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.63% (male 8,689/female 8,124) 15-24 years: 12.98% (male 6,764/female 6,354) 25-54 years: 40.12% (male 20,499/female 20,054) 55-64 years: 13.22% (male 6,515/female 6,844) 65 years and over: 17.05% (male 7,324/female 9,906) (2020 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49 youth dependency ratio: 22.3 elderly dependency ratio: 26.7 potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.) note: data represent Guernsey and Jersey |
Median age | total: 37.5 years male: 36 years female: 39.5 years (2020 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.67% (2021 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.46 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Death rate | 7.76 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Population distribution | fairly even distribution; no notable trends |
Urbanization | urban population: 31% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data include Guernsey and Jersey |
Major cities - population | 34,000 SAINT HELIER (capital) (2018) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.43 years male: 79.92 years female: 85.09 years (2021 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.66 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
Drinking water source | improved: total: 94.2% of population unimproved: total: 5.9% of population (2017 est.) note: includes data for Guernsey |
Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 98.5% of population unimproved: total: 1.5% of population (2017) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Education expenditures | NA |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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