Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Saint Helena population

Saint Helena population now

5,133

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 4,970–5,250.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 5,288

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5,147; 95% range, 31 Dec: 4,970–5,250
Median age: 51.9
Aged 65+: 28.2%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 2 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

SHN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Saint Helena in numbers

Saint Helena had 5,288 people in mid-2023, the 232nd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is about as many as in 1950 (5,224).

Its population peaked in 1987 at 6,700 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 2,635 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 793 to 14,829.

2006 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 19.1 in 1950 and 51.5 in 2023; the projection has 52.1 in 2100. 26.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1990 at 4,323; in 2023 it was 3,165.

Among countries it ranks 232nd in 2023, 232nd in 2050 and 233rd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Saint Pierre and Miquelon in 2064. It is overtaken by Montserrat in 2067.

Population, mid-2023: 5,288
Rank by population, 2023: 232 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −1.03% · −55 people
Births, 2023: 39
Deaths, 2023: 89
Net migration, 2023: 0
Children per woman, 2023: 1.64
Median age, 2023: 51.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 76.8 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,224
Projected, mid-2050: 3,968
Projected, mid-2100: 2,635

SHN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Saint Helena, 1950–2100

Saint Helena: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,192		200	64	5.62	66.0
1951	estimate	5,256		197	63	5.58	66.2
1952	estimate	5,293		192	61	5.54	66.4
1953	estimate	5,309		186	59	5.49	66.7
1954	estimate	5,320		180	58	5.45	67.0
1955	estimate	5,318		174	56	5.47	67.2
1956	estimate	5,298		166	54	5.44	67.4
1957	estimate	5,294		159	53	5.42	67.5
1958	estimate	5,317		162	53	5.38	67.6
1959	estimate	5,331		165	53	5.35	67.7
1960	estimate	5,348		168	53	5.29	67.7
1961	estimate	5,376		170	53	5.22	67.7
1962	estimate	5,402		171	53	5.14	67.9
1963	estimate	5,425		171	53	5.06	67.9
1964	estimate	5,453		169	53	4.99	68.0
1965	estimate	5,468		166	53	4.96	68.2
1966	estimate	5,483		163	53	4.94	68.4
1967	estimate	5,518		164	54	4.92	68.4
1968	estimate	5,585		171	55	4.86	68.5
1969	estimate	5,659		175	55	4.75	68.6
1970	estimate	5,733		171	56	4.41	68.6
1971	estimate	5,819		162	56	4.00	68.7
1972	estimate	5,896		155	56	3.70	68.8
1973	estimate	5,969		151	56	3.49	68.9
1974	estimate	6,035		150	57	3.38	69.0
1975	estimate	6,099		147	57	3.26	69.1
1976	estimate	6,157		142	57	3.09	69.3
1977	estimate	6,188		138	57	2.95	69.4
1978	estimate	6,259		138	58	2.86	69.5
1979	estimate	6,313		140	58	2.81	69.7
1980	estimate	6,365		143	58	2.79	69.9
1981	estimate	6,416		148	58	2.81	70.1
1982	estimate	6,475		149	58	2.77	70.3
1983	estimate	6,546		146	59	2.67	70.4
1984	estimate	6,602		141	60	2.54	70.6
1985	estimate	6,645		137	61	2.42	70.7
1986	estimate	6,663		135	62	2.35	70.9
1987	estimate	6,702		133	63	2.29	71.0
1988	estimate	6,697		132	62	2.25	71.2
1989	estimate	6,675		130	61	2.21	71.3
1990	estimate	6,635		126	60	2.14	71.5
1991	estimate	6,599		121	60	2.08	71.6
1992	estimate	6,546		115	58	2.02	72.1
1993	estimate	6,502		109	58	1.95	72.3
1994	estimate	6,444		102	57	1.88	72.6
1995	estimate	6,381		95	55	1.83	73.2
1996	estimate	6,316		89	54	1.77	73.7
1997	estimate	6,258		84	54	1.75	74.4
1998	estimate	6,191		80	52	1.72	75.3
1999	estimate	6,126		77	50	1.71	76.0
2000	estimate	6,054		74	52	1.68	75.8
2001	estimate	5,979		71	52	1.65	76.1
2002	estimate	5,897		67	54	1.62	75.8
2003	estimate	5,803		63	53	1.60	76.4
2004	estimate	5,702		59	51	1.59	77.1
2005	estimate	5,600		56	53	1.59	77.2
2006	estimate	5,486		52	56	1.60	76.8
2007	estimate	5,379		49	63	1.61	75.7
2008	estimate	5,266		45	65	1.62	75.8
2009	estimate	5,279		46	64	1.63	76.1
2010	estimate	5,313		47	63	1.65	76.5
2011	estimate	5,345		48	64	1.67	76.6
2012	estimate	5,384		48	67	1.69	76.2
2013	estimate	5,422		49	68	1.69	76.2
2014	estimate	5,448		49	74	1.70	75.6
2015	estimate	5,484		49	77	1.70	75.2
2016	estimate	5,526		48	76	1.70	75.8
2017	estimate	5,508		48	75	1.69	76.3
2018	estimate	5,494		46	77	1.68	76.4
2019	estimate	5,469		45	79	1.67	76.7
2020	estimate	5,448		43	82	1.66	76.9
2021	estimate	5,412		41	87	1.65	76.8
2022	estimate	5,368		40	88	1.64	76.7
2023	estimate	5,318		39	89	1.64	76.8
2024	estimate	5,259		38	89	1.64	77.0
2025	projection	5,216	5,173–5,253	37	89	1.64	77.1
2026	projection	5,177	5,089–5,259	37	89	1.64	77.3
2027	projection	5,118	4,970–5,250	36	89	1.64	77.5
2028	projection	5,064	4,848–5,252	36	89	1.64	77.6
2029	projection	5,014	4,734–5,273	35	89	1.64	77.8
2030	projection	4,955	4,620–5,297	35	89	1.63	78.0
2031	projection	4,902	4,505–5,327	35	88	1.64	78.2
2032	projection	4,846	4,388–5,358	35	88	1.64	78.3
2033	projection	4,791	4,245–5,387	36	88	1.64	78.5
2034	projection	4,737	4,106–5,422	36	88	1.64	78.7
2035	projection	4,682	3,987–5,459	36	87	1.63	78.9
2036	projection	4,630	3,862–5,484	37	87	1.63	79.1
2037	projection	4,585	3,762–5,552	37	86	1.63	79.2
2038	projection	4,534	3,643–5,616	38	86	1.63	79.4
2039	projection	4,476	3,511–5,655	38	85	1.63	79.6
2040	projection	4,437	3,400–5,778	38	84	1.63	79.7
2041	projection	4,387	3,276–5,842	38	84	1.63	79.9
2042	projection	4,341	3,167–5,931	38	83	1.63	80.0
2043	projection	4,300	3,068–6,005	38	82	1.63	80.2
2044	projection	4,248	2,939–6,070	38	81	1.63	80.4
2045	projection	4,213	2,862–6,198	38	80	1.63	80.5
2046	projection	4,160	2,764–6,270	37	80	1.63	80.7
2047	projection	4,120	2,680–6,373	36	79	1.63	80.8
2048	projection	4,073	2,565–6,463	36	78	1.63	81.0
2049	projection	4,032	2,509–6,567	35	77	1.63	81.1
2050	projection	3,993	2,451–6,649	34	76	1.63	81.3
2051	projection	3,943	2,357–6,737	33	75	1.63	81.4
2052	projection	3,906	2,275–6,796	32	74	1.63	81.6
2053	projection	3,857	2,207–6,915	31	73	1.63	81.7
2054	projection	3,811	2,161–7,050	31	71	1.63	81.8
2055	projection	3,769	2,097–7,134	30	70	1.63	82.0
2056	projection	3,725	2,035–7,224	29	69	1.63	82.1
2057	projection	3,688	1,988–7,392	29	68	1.63	82.3
2058	projection	3,645	1,930–7,437	28	66	1.63	82.4
2059	projection	3,606	1,867–7,598	28	65	1.63	82.6
2060	projection	3,562	1,824–7,778	28	63	1.63	82.7
2061	projection	3,528	1,776–7,914	28	62	1.63	82.8
2062	projection	3,485	1,721–8,078	28	61	1.63	83.0
2063	projection	3,453	1,675–8,204	28	60	1.63	83.1
2064	projection	3,417	1,625–8,398	28	58	1.63	83.2
2065	projection	3,384	1,582–8,577	28	57	1.63	83.3
2066	projection	3,357	1,545–8,773	28	56	1.63	83.5
2067	projection	3,328	1,507–8,903	28	55	1.63	83.6
2068	projection	3,290	1,456–9,071	28	54	1.63	83.7
2069	projection	3,269	1,422–9,185	28	53	1.63	83.8
2070	projection	3,234	1,377–9,386	28	52	1.63	84.0
2071	projection	3,217	1,349–9,538	28	51	1.63	84.1
2072	projection	3,194	1,309–9,641	28	51	1.63	84.2
2073	projection	3,173	1,281–9,739	28	50	1.63	84.3
2074	projection	3,147	1,258–9,862	28	50	1.63	84.4
2075	projection	3,128	1,234–10,038	28	49	1.63	84.5
2076	projection	3,106	1,213–10,260	27	48	1.63	84.7
2077	projection	3,079	1,184–10,363	27	48	1.63	84.8
2078	projection	3,058	1,152–10,580	27	47	1.63	84.9
2079	projection	3,039	1,124–10,797	27	47	1.63	85.0
2080	projection	3,025	1,113–11,023	26	46	1.63	85.2
2081	projection	3,009	1,082–11,310	26	46	1.63	85.3
2082	projection	2,979	1,058–11,481	25	45	1.63	85.4
2083	projection	2,962	1,034–11,788	25	44	1.63	85.5
2084	projection	2,942	1,005–11,972	25	44	1.63	85.6
2085	projection	2,918	980–12,166	24	43	1.64	85.8
2086	projection	2,899	967–12,385	24	43	1.64	85.9
2087	projection	2,883	962–12,666	23	42	1.64	86.0
2088	projection	2,862	937–12,791	23	42	1.64	86.1
2089	projection	2,849	927–13,114	23	42	1.64	86.3
2090	projection	2,823	900–13,173	23	41	1.64	86.4
2091	projection	2,802	880–13,518	22	41	1.64	86.5
2092	projection	2,782	854–13,800	22	41	1.64	86.6
2093	projection	2,762	854–14,098	22	41	1.64	86.7
2094	projection	2,746	853–14,104	22	41	1.64	86.8
2095	projection	2,723	827–14,180	22	41	1.64	87.0
2096	projection	2,711	819–14,261	22	40	1.64	87.1
2097	projection	2,698	817–14,044	22	40	1.64	87.2
2098	projection	2,679	805–14,267	22	40	1.64	87.3
2099	projection	2,662	791–14,585	22	40	1.64	87.4
2100	projection	2,643	793–14,829	22	40	1.64	87.5

Show the numbers: Saint Helena, mid-2026, by single year of age

Saint Helena: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	19	18
1	19	18
2	20	19
3	20	19
4	20	20
5	23	19
6	24	20
7	18	20
8	22	21
9	27	24
10	27	28
11	30	29
12	26	26
13	24	26
14	27	26
15	31	26
16	32	24
17	30	22
18	28	24
19	22	23
20	24	24
21	21	26
22	15	24
23	17	22
24	18	18
25	24	20
26	27	17
27	14	10
28	17	16
29	24	23
30	27	19
31	21	18
32	15	24
33	35	29
34	40	30
35	26	27
36	28	28
37	35	28
38	23	22
39	17	22
40	26	24
41	32	22
42	33	35
43	22	50
44	20	48
45	24	36
46	18	30
47	22	28
48	24	28
49	26	30
50	35	42
51	27	40
52	35	30
53	49	30
54	34	42
55	34	54
56	44	51
57	46	48
58	48	47
59	50	44
60	44	30
61	44	38
62	46	50
63	42	50
64	40	46
65	41	46
66	50	54
67	47	43
68	41	37
69	45	40
70	40	42
71	31	32
72	32	22
73	36	32
74	34	38
75	36	42
76	37	40
77	34	30
78	28	31
79	28	30
80	27	26
81	27	21
82	28	22
83	19	19
84	12	10
85	12	8
86	8	10
87	5	13
88	6	10
89	6	7
90	5	6
91	3	5
92	2	2
93	2	2
94	1	2
95	0	2
96	0	2
97	0	2
98	0	1
99	0	1
100+	0	0

SHN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Saint Helena, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SHN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Saint Helena

Saint Helena had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1990: 4,321 people aged 15–64, against 3,167 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

23 children

44 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 17 years: 1997–2013.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

SHN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Saint Helena, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the UN projects that Saint Helena neither gains nor loses people through migration.

one square = 1 person a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 70 (2015) and the most it lost was 126 (1955).

How migration works everywhere

SHN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Saint Helena

Of every 100 babies born in Saint Helena in 2023, 3 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 27 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 10 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 84 · 10

2023
3 · 70 · 27

2050 · projected
2 · 68 · 30

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 39
Average age when women have a baby: 30.6 years; 28.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 11; 52 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Saint Helena by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0
15–19	12	19	8	1	1	0
20–24	64	52	13	4	3	2
25–29	66	50	21	9	8	6
30–34	37	19	21	15	12	8
35–39	17	6	9	7	8	5
40–44	4	1	2	3	2	1
45–49	0	0	0	0	0	0
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	200	147	74	39	34	22

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SHN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Saint Helena

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Saint Helena at the end of 2025.

That is an absence from the record rather than a measurement. This count covers the people one agency works with, and a country it does not work in is simply not in it.

How the world's displacement is counted

SHN · of every 100 people

How people live in Saint Helena

Of every 100 people in Saint Helena in 2025, 100 lived in the countryside.

rural areas

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

SHN · cities · 2025

Cities in Saint Helena

No place in Saint Helena is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

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Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Saint Helena are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.