British Overseas Territories

(asked on 3rd March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of each of the UK Overseas Territories.


Answered by
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James Duddridge
This question was answered on 9th March 2015

The populations for each of the UK Overseas Territories are:

Anguilla: 16,318 (2010)
Bermuda: 61,777 (2014)
British Antarctic Territory: no permanent settled population
British Indian Ocean Territory: no permanent settled population.
Cayman Islands: 56,700 (2012)
Falkland Islands: 2,932 (2012)
Gibraltar: 29,441 (2010)
Montserrat: 4,922 (2011)
Pitcairn, Henderson Ducie and Oeno (Commonly known as the Pitcairn Islands): 36 (2014)
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands: no permanent settled population.
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia: 9,700 (2011) Cypriot nationals and 5,800 temporary based UK Defence personnel and families.
St Helena: 4000 (2009/2010)
Ascension Island: No indigenous population and no right of abode
Tristan da Cunha: 267 (2014)
Virgin Islands (Commonly known as the British Virgin Islands): 28,054 (2010)

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