Population no indigenous inhabitants
note: there are UK-US military personnel and civilian contractors; approximately 3,000 native inhabitants, known as the Chagosians or Ilois, were evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military facilities

NOTE: The information regarding British Indian Ocean Territory on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of British Indian Ocean Territory People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about British Indian Ocean Territory People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.