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Falkland Islands
Community
Area 12,173 square kilometres, Falklands only, (land area 12,173 square kilometres). The entire territory includes;
East Falkland, 6,760 square kilometres
West Falkland, 5,410 square kilometres
South Georgia, 3,757 square kilometres
South Sandwich Group, 310 square kilometres
Population,
621 (1858)
811 (1871)
1,900 (1890)
2,043 (1901)
2,500 (1911)
3,101 (1931)
2,444 (1943)
2,150 (1960)
2,000 (1970) -7.0%
1,850 (1980) -7.5%
1,990 (1990) +7.6%
2,880 (2000) +44.7%
2,850 (2010) -1.0%
3,480 (2020) +22.1%
Religion, %
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Christian |
No religion |
|
1900 |
98.0 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
92.9 |
3.6 |
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2006 |
67.2 |
31.5 |
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2012 |
66.0 |
32.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
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Birth Rate |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
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1952 |
23.0 (+11.0) |
12.0 |
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1962 |
22.0 (+11.0) |
11.0 |
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1972 |
19.0 (+7.0) |
12.0 |
30.0 |
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1982 |
15.0 (+7.0) |
8.0 |
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1988 |
10.8 (+3.8) |
7.0 |
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1997 |
15.0 (+7.0) |
8.0 |
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2010 |
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|
|
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74.0 |
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2012 |
10.9 (+6.0) |
4.9 |
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2014 |
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|
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75.8 |
Population of principal cities
STANLEY,
916 (1901)
800 (1911)
1,213 (1931)
1,246 (1940)
1,074 (1962)
1,079 (1972)
1,200 (1986)
1,557 (1991)
1,989 (2001)
2,121 (2012)
Wealth The Falkland Islands economy was mainly based on agriculture (sheep-rearing), but since the 1990s fishing and sales of fishing licences have brought in most revenue.� Exploration for oil was undertaken in the waters around the Falkland Islands in 2010 but no commercially-exploitable deposits were found.�
GDP
US$ 105,100,000 (2002)
US$ 164,500,000 (2010)
GDP by primary sector
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Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1996 |
95.0 |
95.0 |
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Communications
Language Official; English
Physical communications � roads and railways
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Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km)1 |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1914-25 |
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|
|
8 |
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1980 |
440 |
30 |
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0 |
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1996 |
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|
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1,100 |
|
0 |
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2010 |
440 |
50 |
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0 |
1Mainly in the Stanley area. However from 2012 the Falkland Islands Government has been surfacing roads connecting Stanley to all the other settlements.
Railways; none A line, 5.6 km long and 0.61 metre gauge, was built along the north coast of the Inner Harbour, Port Stanley, to transport coal to the generator of the wireless station at Moody Brook, from Navy Point harbour.� It is now disused.
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1991
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Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
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1937 |
150 |
|
239 |
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|
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1980 |
500 |
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1991 |
1,180 |
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2002 |
2,400 |
|
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
1,900 |
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2009 |
2,000 |
3,300 |
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|
|
2,800 |
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2016 |
2,255 |
5,000 |
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|
|
2,900 |
Tourism: Visitors to the Falkland Islands,
30,000 cruise ship arrivals (2000)
62,488 cruise ship arrivals (2009)