The fall in the number of births in the Isle of Man shows no signs of coming to an end. The graph below shows that the decline in the number of babies being born (the red line) has now extended to a tenth consecutive year. In 2020, just 660 births were notified to the General Registry (down from 71…
The latest Government population estimate, provided by the Economic Affairs Division, shows that the population of the Isle of Man reached over 84,500 at the end of September 2020. This might be good news. It suggests that, after 9 and a half years, the Island’s population may have finally climbed…
In April 2016, a few weeks prior to the 2016 Census count, an analysis of school rolls data provided one of the first indications that the Isle of Man’s population was in decline. A graph in the Isle of Man Population Atlas showed how school yeargroups had been shrinking as they passed up through t…
A written answer in the Tynwald Hansard on 15 September 2020 indicated that the production of the quarterly Comin reports was being suspended for a period of time, initially 12 months. The reason given was that the Economic Recovery Group (1) would be receiving a monthly ‘dashboard’ about the perfo…
The news that next year’s Isle of Man census could be delayed by a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic (Isle of Man Examiner 7 July 2020) is a cause for concern. It seems that this proposal has been made because of a shortage of resources in the Economic Affairs Division of the Cabinet Office and…
March 2020 government population estimates The latest economic report for the Isle of Man Council of Ministers, covering the first quarter of 2020, was published at the end of May. It does not yet show the usual population estimate (the explanation offered is simply that “This data was unavailable…
The 2019 figures for births and deaths in the Isle of Man showed a decline in the number of births for the ninth consecutive year. In 2010, the total number of babies born on the Island peaked at 1,023. Last year the number of births registered was just 710. Births have fallen by 30.6% in 9 years.…
The IOM Population Atlas website reached far and wide in 2019. The Google analytics for the site shows that between 1 January and 31 December 2019 it attracted users from 35 separate countries in addition to the Isle of Man. 61% of the users were aged 18-34 years. 45.9% of users were female. Outsid…
The text below was sent to IOM Newspapers and used as the basis for an article that was published in an edited format (minus the graph) in the IOM Independent on 3 January 2020 under the heading: "Don't lock planning policy in to 89,000 target". The report on the Inquiry into the Draft Area Plan fo…
