Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Cockburn Town
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 46,855 (2025)
- Area
- 948 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-649
- Internet domain
- .tc
- ISO codes
- TC, TCA, 796
- Time zone
- UTC-5:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- TKCA 1ZZ (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Turks and Caicos Islands covers about 948 square kilometres. By area it ranks 191st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than São Tomé and Príncipe and a little larger than Kiribati. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 22° north, 72° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 46,855 people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 212th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 49 people to each square kilometre. About 94 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 78 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from the Turks and Caicos Islands is called Turks and Caicos Islander.
Money and economy
The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Marshall Islands and 7 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.75 billion (2024), which is about US$ 37,507 for each person (2024).
Time
The Turks and Caicos Islands uses one time zone, UTC-5:00 (America/Grand Turk). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Providenciales | 23,769 |
| Cockburn Town | 3,720 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.