Turks and Caicos Islands: cities by population
Turks and Caicos Islands has a population of 47,148 (UN estimate, 2026), with Cockburn Town as its capital. The 11 largest of its 11 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+152%
since 2000 (18,730)
+8%
projected by 2050 (50,988)
50
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Turks and Caicos Islands
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providenciales | 23,769 | |
| 2 | Cockburn Town | 3,720 | |
| 3 | Five Cays Settlement | 3,592 | |
| 4 | Wheeland | 3,210 | |
| 5 | The Bight Settlements | 2,288 | |
| 6 | Kew | 1,477 | |
| 7 | Blue Hills Settlements | 1,156 | |
| 8 | Cockburn Harbour | 811 | |
| 9 | Palm Grove | 664 | |
| 10 | Bottle Creek Settlements | 645 | |
| 11 | Whitby | 562 |
Twenty years earlier: Turks and Caicos Islands in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 19,608.
Common questions
What is the population of Turks and Caicos Islands?
Turks and Caicos Islands has a population of 47,148, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 50,988 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands?
Cockburn Town. The largest place we record there is Providenciales, with 23,769 people.