Editing Demographics of Montserrat (section)

==Population==
Montserrat had a population of 7,119 in 1842.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol.IV |date=1848 |publisher=Charles Knight |location=London |page=772}}</ref>

In 1995, the [[Soufriere Hills Volcano]] eruption caused two-thirds of the population of about 11,500 people to evacuate the island.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-09-12|title=Montserrat evacuation remembered|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4237882.stm|access-date=2021-06-28}}</ref> According to the 2001 census only 4,491 people were resident of Montserrat. The total local-born population was 69% while those born abroad were 31%.<ref name="2001 census"/>
According to The 2012 Revision of the World Population Prospects' medium fertility scenario, the anticipated mid-year population for 2014 is 5,100.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=population.un.org}}</ref>
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Approximately two thirds of the population left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995. According to the [[2001 UK Census]] 7,983 Montserratian-born people were residing in the UK (almost twice the population of Montserrat itself).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |title=Country-of-birth database |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] |access-date=2008-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617032129/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |archive-date=2009-06-17 }}</ref>

===Structure of the population===

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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2 546
| align="right" | 2 376
| align="right" | 4 922
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 157
| align="right" | 144
| align="right" | 301
| align="right" | 6.12
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 146 
| align="right" | 165
| align="right" | 311
| align="right" | 6.32
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 187
| align="right" | 172
| align="right" | 359
| align="right" | 7.29
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 179
| align="right" | 140
| align="right" | 319
| align="right" | 6.48
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 404
| align="right" | 365
| align="right" | 269
| align="right" | 5.47
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 154
| align="right" | 145
| align="right" | 299
| align="right" | 6.07
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 138 
| align="right" | 160
| align="right" | 298
| align="right" | 6.05
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 172
| align="right" | 196
| align="right" | 368
| align="right" | 7.48
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 189
| align="right" | 217
| align="right" | 406
| align="right" | 8.25
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 196
| align="right" | 185
| align="right" | 381
| align="right" | 7.74
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 183
| align="right" | 148
| align="right" | 331
| align="right" | 6.72
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 181
| align="right" | 133
| align="right" | 314
| align="right" | 6.38
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 165
| align="right" | 110
| align="right" | 275
| align="right" | 5.59
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 130
| align="right" | 101
| align="right" | 231
| align="right" | 4.69
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 75
| align="right" | 70
| align="right" | 145
| align="right" | 2.95
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 61
| align="right" | 55
| align="right" | 116
| align="right" | 2.36
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 44
| align="right" | 50
| align="right" | 94
| align="right" | 1.91
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 37
| align="right" | 68
| align="right" | 105
| align="right" | 2.13
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 490
| align="right" | 481
| align="right" | 971
| align="right" | 19.73
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 709
| align="right" | 1 551
| align="right" | 3 260
| align="right" | 66.23
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 347
| align="right" | 344
| align="right" | 691
| align="right" | 14.04
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! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2 284
| align="right" | 2 342 
| align="right" | 4 626
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 112
| align="right" | 132
| align="right" | 244
| align="right" | 5.27
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| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 109 
| align="right" | 123
| align="right" | 232
| align="right" | 5.02
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 162
| align="right" | 159
| align="right" | 321
| align="right" | 6.94
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 125 
| align="right" | 135 
| align="right" | 260 
| align="right" | 5.62
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 124
| align="right" | 114
| align="right" | 238
| align="right" | 5.14
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 167
| align="right" | 134
| align="right" | 301
| align="right" | 6.51
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 138
| align="right" | 183
| align="right" | 321
| align="right" | 6.94
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 123
| align="right" | 166
| align="right" | 289
| align="right" | 6.25
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 150
| align="right" | 167
| align="right" | 317
| align="right" | 6.85
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 156
| align="right" | 172
| align="right" | 328
| align="right" | 7.09
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 182
| align="right" | 185
| align="right" | 367
| align="right" | 7.93
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 171
| align="right" | 143
| align="right" | 314
| align="right" | 6.79
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 154
| align="right" | 134
| align="right" | 288
| align="right" | 6.23
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 148 
| align="right" | 130
| align="right" | 278
| align="right" | 6.01
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 121
| align="right" | 92
| align="right" | 213
| align="right" | 4.60
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 77
| align="right" | 70
| align="right" | 147
| align="right" | 3.18
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 34
| align="right" | 48
| align="right" | 82
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 21
| align="right" | 23
| align="right" | 44
| align="right" | 0.95
|-
| align="right" | 90+
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | 32
| align="right" | 42 
| align="right" | 0.91
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 383
| align="right" | 414
| align="right" | 797
| align="right" | 17.23
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 490
| align="right" | 1 533
| align="right" | 3 023
| align="right" | 65.35
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 411
| align="right" | 395
| align="right" | 806
| align="right" | 17.42
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