Demographics of the Isle of Man

Demographic features of the population of the Isle of Man include population density, ethnicity, level of education, health, economic status, and religious affiliations.

Vital statistics

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Year	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change
					(per 1000)
1934	51,000	664	768	- 104	13.0	15.1	-2.0
1935	51,000	666	772	- 106	13.1	15.1	-2.1
1936	51,000	668	807	- 139	13.1	15.8	-2.7
1937	51,000	644	821	- 177	12.6	16.1	-3.5
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942	53,000	883	820	63	16.7	15.5	1.2
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948	54,000	821	801	20	15.2	14.8	0.4
1949	54,000	840	790	50	15.6	14.6	0.9
1950	55,000	849	762	87	15.4	13.9	1.6
1951	55,000	837	867	- 30	15.2	15.8	-0.5
1952	54,000	806	803	3	14.9	14.9	0.1
1953	54,000	719	764	- 45	13.3	14.1	-0.8
1954	53,000	625	829	- 204	11.8	15.6	-3.8
1955	52,000	615	772	- 157	11.8	14.8	-3.0
1956	51,000	632	836	- 204	12.4	16.4	-4.0
1957	51,000	632	748	- 116	12.4	14.7	-2.3
1958	50,000	662	735	- 73	13.2	14.7	-1.5
1959	49,000	641	760	- 119	13.1	15.5	-2.4
1960	48,000	683	808	- 125	14.2	16.8	-2.6
1961	47,200	663	859	- 196	13.8	17.9	-4.1
1962	47,600	675	795	- 120	14.1	16.6	-2.5
1963	48,000	708	848	- 140	14.8	17.7	-2.9
1964	48,500	687	768	- 81	14.3	16.0	-1.7
1965	48,900	712	844	- 132	14.5	17.2	-2.7
1966	49,300	642	842	- 200	12.8	16.8	-4.0
1967	50,100	702	867	- 165	13.7	16.9	-3.2
1968	50,900	686	868	- 182	13.2	16.7	-3.5
1969	51,700	760	905	- 145	14.4	17.1	-2.7
1970	52,400	840	909	- 69	15.6	16.8	-1.3
1971	53,200	804	924	- 120	14.7	16.9	-2.2
1972	54,700	843	1,056	- 213	15.1	18.9	-3.8
1973	56,100	807	921	- 114	14.0	16.0	-2.0
1974	57,600	748	1,079	- 331	12.7	18.3	-5.6
1975	59,000	692	992	- 300	11.5	16.5	-5.0
1976	60,500	721	977	- 256	11.7	15.8	-4.1
1977	61,300	672	1,007	- 335	10.8	16.2	-5.4
1978	62,200	694	1,038	- 344	11.1	16.6	-5.5
1979	63,000	758	972	- 214	12.0	15.4	-3.4
1980	63,800	741	1,015	- 274	11.7	16.0	-4.3
1981	64,700	752	979	- 227	11.8	15.4	-3.6
1982	64,600	724	983	- 259	11.4	15.4	-4.1
1983	64,500	680	943	- 263	10.7	14.8	-4.1
1984	64,400	666	974	- 308	10.4	15.3	-4.8
1985	64,400	703	1,045	- 342	11.2	16.6	-5.4
1986	64,300	709	952	- 243	11.2	15.1	-3.8
1987	65,400	729	925	- 196	11.4	14.5	-3.1
1988	66,500	781	991	- 210	11.7	14.9	-3.1
1989	67,600	817	988	- 171	12.1	14.6	-2.5
1990	68,700	888	946	- 58	12.3	13.7	-1.4
1991	69,800	892	982	- 90	12.8	14.1	-1.3
1992	70,200	858	917	- 59	12.2	13.1	-0.8
1993	70,600	853	1,011	- 158	12.1	14.3	-2.2
1994	70,900	883	902	- 19	12.4	12.7	-0.3
1995	71,300	847	976	- 129	11.9	13.7	-1.8
1996	71,700	835	945	- 110	11.6	13.2	-1.5
1997	72,600	870	950	- 80	12.0	13.1	-1.1
1998	73,600	936	893	43	12.7	12.1	0.6
1999	74,500	894	983	- 89	12.0	13.2	-1.2
2000	75,400	831	897	- 66	11.0	11.9	-0.9
2001	76,400	863	955	- 92	11.3	12.5	-1.2
2002	77,100	903	877	26	11.7	11.4	0.3
2003	77,900	860	852	8	11.0	10.9	0.1
2004	78,600	862	798	64	11.0	10.2	0.8
2005	79,400	901	775	126	11.4	9.8	1.6
2006	80,100	905	768	137	11.3	9.6	1.7
2007	80,800	919	789	130	11.4	9.8	1.6
2008	81,600	979	843	136	12.0	10.3	1.7
2009	82,300	1,015	816	199	12.3	9.9	2.4
2010
2011
2012	83,834	890	799	91	10.5	9.4	1.1
2013	86,000	859	792	67	10.0	9.2	0.8
2014	86,000	805	787	18	9.3	9.1	0.2
2015	87,000	785			9.0
2016	86,000	758	852	-94	8.9	10.0	-1.1
2017		753	837	−84	9.0	10.0	−1.0
2018		717	903	−186
2019		710	850	−140
2020		660	938	−278	7.9	11.3	-3.4
2021	84,069	675	899	−224	8.0	10.7	−2.7
2022		586	903	−317	7.0	10.7	−3.7

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 24.IV.2016): ^[3]

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	41 269	42 045	83 314	100
0–4	2 186	1 958	4 144	4.97
5–9	2 436	2 297	4 733	5.68
10–14	2 346	2 123	4 469	5.36
15–19	2 506	2 283	4 789	5.75
20–24	2 252	2 170	4 422	5.31
25–29	2 131	2 195	4 326	5.19
30–34	2 148	2 358	4 506	5.41
35–39	2 371	2 502	4 873	5.85
40–44	2 715	2 897	5 612	6.74
45–49	3 255	3 242	6 497	7.80
50–54	3 359	3 322	6 681	8.02
55–59	2 889	2 998	5 887	7.07
60–64	2 612	2 558	5 170	6.21
65-69	2 715	2 726	5 441	6.53
70-74	2 074	2 138	4 212	5.06
75-79	1 529	1 626	3 155	3.79
80-84	958	1 171	2 129	2.56
85-89	522	858	1 380	1.66
90-94	202	473	675	0.81
95-99	53	135	188	0.23
100+	10	15	25	0.03
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	6 968	6 378	13 346	16.02
15–64	26 238	26 525	52 763	63.33
65+	8 063	9 142	17 205	20.65

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 27.I.2021): ^[3]

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	41 641	42 428	84 069	100
0–4	1 756	1 727	3 483	4.14
5–9	2 198	2 047	4 245	5.05
10–14	2 449	2 337	4 786	5.69
15–19	2 339	2 109	4 448	5.29
20–24	2 240	2 069	4 309	5.13
25–29	2 208	2 156	4 364	5.19
30–34	2 320	2 421	4 741	5.64
35–39	2 375	2 579	4 954	5.89
40–44	2 590	2 652	5 242	6.24
45–49	2 808	2 990	5 798	6.90
50–54	3 351	3 297	6 648	7.91
55–59	3 389	3 324	6 713	7.99
60–64	2 855	2 914	5 769	6.86
65-69	2 460	2 438	4 898	5.83
70-74	2 526	2 630	5 156	6.13
75-79	1 739	1 932	3 671	4.37
80-84	1 142	1 347	2 489	2.96
85+	896	1 459	2 355	2.80
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	6 403	6 111	12 514	14.89
15–64	26 475	26 511	52 986	63.03
65+	8 763	9 806	18 569	22.09

Languages

Main article: Languages of the Isle of Man

English is spoken by the vast majority of the people. Manx, the language native to the isle, was once considered extinct as the last native speaker died in 1974. However, in early 21st century, the Isle of Man has seen a revival of the language: in 1991, about 0.9% of the population spoke Manx, and the same figure has increased to 2.4% by 2021.

Population of the Isle of Man by languages spoken at home, 2021 census [2] Languages Number % English 80,781 96.09 Polish 504 0.6 Filipino 435 0.52 Bulgarian 376 0.45 Chinese 349 0.42 Portuguese 125 0.15 Afrikaans 99 0.12 Romanian 96 0.11 Spanish 79 0.09 Hungarian 77 0.09 Italian 72 0.09 Others 1,076 1.28 Total 84,069

Population of the Isle of Man by Manx knowledge 2001 Census [4] 2011 Census [5] 2021 Census [2] Skills in Manx Number % Number % Number % Speak 1,527 2.00 1,662 1.97 2,023 2.41 Read 910 1.19 1,079 1.28 1,174 1.4 Write 706 0.93 796 0.94 783 0.93 All skills 702 0.84 Any skills 1,689 2.21 1,823 2.16 2,223 2.64 Total 76,315 84,497 84,069

References

1. "United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics". Unstats.un.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
2. "2021 Census" (PDF).
3. "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. Isle of Man Census Report 2001 (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Isle of Man Government (published March 2002). 2001.
5. "Isle of Man Census Report 2011" (PDF). Isle of Man Government. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

External links

• 2001 Manx Census, overview and details (archived from the original on 7 June 2011)