Population and migration statistics 2024

Introduction

The 2024 population and migration estimates have been produced using administrative data sourced from public authorities. The 2024 reporting has been divided up into four separate reports:

  • population and migration statistics for the population as a whole, and broken down by age and sex
  • experimental population and migration statistics broken down by Control of Housing and Work Law status (Registered, Licensed, Entitled for Work, Entitled)
  • experimental population and migration statistics broken down by self-declared nationality and newly included data on work permit status
  • a report that details the methodology and data quality

Headlines

At the end of 2024:

  • Total population was estimated to be 104,540; an increase of 510 people over the year
  • Six percent of people aged 20 and over had Registered status, corresponding to 5,430 people
  • Nearly a third (32%) of this Registered population held a temporary work permit

During 2024:

  • Natural change remained negative as Jersey saw more deaths than births
  • The population still increased, due to net migration, which was +670
  • Net migration was +960 among people with Registered status but -810 for those with Entitled status

Over the five years from 2019 to 2024:

  • The population aged 65 years and over grew by 12%
  • The number of under 16-year-olds fell by 7%
  • The working age population remained stable (this age group would have declined without net migration being positive)
  • The number of people with Entitled status increased by 2% to 70,430 people (despite negative net migration, due to the number of people gaining Entitled status each year)
  • The number of people with Licensed status increased by 41% to 3,250: those with Registered status decreased by 3%, down to 5,430
  • The number of people with a rest of world nationality increased by 172%, from 1,850 to 5,030 people
  • The number of people with a European nationality decreased by 7% from 16,650 to 15,550
  • The number of residents with a temporary work permit increased from less than 100 at the end of 2019, to 1,740 people at the end of 2024

Reports

Infographics

Find data and past reports

The population and migration statistics can be explored through an interactive data dashboard.

You can find the total population data on the open data website.

Find past reports on our release calendar.