Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

جزر فوكلاندফকল্যান্ড দ্বীপপুঞ্জFalklandinselnΝήσοι ΦώκλαντIslas Malvinasجزایر فالکلندîles Malouinesאיי פוקלנדफ़ॉकलैंड द्वीपसमूहフォークランド諸島포클랜드 제도Фолклендские острова

DependencyLatin America and the Caribbean, Americas

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Population

3,467

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Life expectancy

79.8 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Falkland Islands is dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas.

UN designation includes Malvinas. Disputed with Argentina.

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ISO alpha-2: FK
ISO alpha-3: FLK
UN M49: 238
Wikidata: Q9648

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 3,467
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 3,465
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: −0.1 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 0.3 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s density is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 102.3 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 43.4 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s median age is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 35.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 96.6 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.7 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s tfr is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 1.6 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 10 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −16
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −4.6 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Population of Falkland Islands. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	2,180	estimate
1960	2,249	estimate
1970	2,277	estimate
1980	2,257	estimate
1990	2,335	estimate
2000	3,067	estimate
2010	3,206	estimate
2020	3,512	estimate
2030	3,427	projection
2040	3,325	projection
2050	3,185	projection
2060	2,956	projection
2070	2,686	projection
2080	2,468	projection
2090	2,341	projection
2100	2,254	projection
2101	2,249	projection

Development

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Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 79.8 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s life expectancy is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 76.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 8 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 77.8 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s life exp. male is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 74.1 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 81.7 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s life exp. female is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 79.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 8.6 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s infant mortality is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 9.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 9.9 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Falkland Islands’s u5mr is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 11.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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School life expectancy: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Falkland Islands. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	49.5	estimate
1960	53.5	estimate
1970	55.4	estimate
1980	53.9	estimate
1990	53.3	estimate
2000	71.1	estimate
2010	77.7	estimate
2020	78.8	estimate
2030	80.5	projection
2040	82.3	projection
2050	83.9	projection
2060	85.2	projection
2070	86.5	projection
2080	87.5	projection
2090	88.6	projection
2100	89.6	projection

Geography

Region: Americas
Subregion: Latin America and the Caribbean
Intermediate region: South America
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: FLK
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

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Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: GBR

UN designation includes Malvinas. Disputed with Argentina.

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

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