Isle of Man Population Atlas 2 by Paul Craine
NEW - April 2026
Paul Craine : "Ten years on, I have nearly finished writing a follow-up book to “Isle of Man Population Atlas”, It is much more than just an update. Taking more than 3,000 hours to research and write - it has been a labour of love.
The population vulnerabilities that I described in the first book are now full-blown extremes. Births are down 44% in 14 years, we are losing our young adults and we have one of the highest populations aged over 65 years on the planet. The new book has considerable chapters on the main components of population change - births, deaths (the average age of death in the Isle of Man has risen 10 years in my life time), migration (we have people resident here who were born in 172 different countries), and the next census is likely to show greater racial and religious diversity. One other difference is that I have been in Tynwald (Legislative Council) for the past four years and I am much more aware of what is being done - and not being done - by government to address the issues. The next interim census will be held in April - but the results will not be out until the end of the year or early in 2027.
In this book I have tried to relate the Island’s demographics to what is happening elsewhere. Births in the Isle of Man peaked in 2010. Across the British Isles, the births in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey all peaked between 2008 and 2012. Globally births peaked in 2012 and the world’s population is expected to start falling before the end of the century. I have explored causes of falling births as well as looking sensitively at migration issues.
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