The majority of people in the Falkland Islands are of British descent (approximately 70%), including people from the United Kingdom who have obtained Falkland Island status, becoming what are known locally as 'belongers'. Others are the descendants of whalers who reached the Islands during the last two centuries. On West Falkland there is still a small French-speaking community, descendants of the first settlers from Saint Malo, Brittany. On East Falkland, in the region called Lafonia, exists a stronger German community wich was founded in 1892 by the Saxon John M. Streifbeutel. Furthermore there is a small minority of South American, mainly Chilean origin, and in more recent times many people from St Helena and Tristan da Cunha have also come to work in the Islands.

Population: 2,826 (July 2000 est.)

Age structure:

• 0-14 years: NA
• 15-64 years: NA
• 65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: 2.44% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population

Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: NA years
• male: NA years
• female: NA years

Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman

Nationality:

• noun: Falkland Islander(s)
• adjective: Falkland Island

Ethnic groups: British Isles

Religions: primarily Church of England, Roman Catholicism, United Free Church , Evangelist Church , Jehovah's Witnesses, Lutheranism, Seventh-day Adventism

The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the Falkland Islands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Languages: English

See also : Falkland Islands