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Sint Maarten population

UN name: Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Sint Maarten population now

44,567

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: 42,106–47,515.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 42,749

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 44,454; 95% range, 31 Dec: 42,106–47,515
Median age: 43.0
Aged 65+: 15.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2049

male female projection · one cell = 10 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

SXM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Sint Maarten in numbers

Sint Maarten had 42,749 people in mid-2023, the 215th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 29.5 times its 1950 population of 1,450.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2049 at 51,016, then falling to 42,278 by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 4,866 to 1.3 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2028; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. The population still grows until 2049, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 27.9 in 1950 and 42.6 in 2023; the projection has 52.0 in 2100. 13.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2048 at 31,684.

Its place in the world by population: 215th in 2023, 210th in 2050, 212th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the Northern Mariana Islands in 2025, American Samoa in 2027 and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2032. It is overtaken by Gibraltar in 2058, Monaco in 2091 and Liechtenstein in 2096.

Population, mid-2023: 42,749
Rank by population, 2023: 215 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.45% · +611 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 1,257
Land area, 2023: 34.0 km²
Births, 2023: 390
Deaths, 2023: 347
Net migration, 2023: +567
Children per woman, 2023: 1.45
Median age, 2023: 42.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 76.4 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,450
Projected, mid-2050: 51,016
Projected, mid-2100: 42,278

SXM · 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. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Sint Maarten, 1950–2100

Sint Maarten: 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	1,398		56	24	5.26	62.4
1951	estimate	1,502		59	24	5.22	63.1
1952	estimate	1,604		61	24	5.17	63.1
1953	estimate	1,691		63	24	5.13	63.7
1954	estimate	1,785		65	23	5.08	64.1
1955	estimate	1,884		67	23	5.04	64.8
1956	estimate	2,013		68	23	5.00	65.2
1957	estimate	2,141		70	24	4.96	65.5
1958	estimate	2,291		72	25	4.91	65.8
1959	estimate	2,441		74	27	4.84	66.0
1960	estimate	2,600		77	29	4.77	66.3
1961	estimate	2,829		83	30	4.68	66.7
1962	estimate	3,110		91	30	4.57	67.0
1963	estimate	3,418		100	31	4.47	67.5
1964	estimate	3,750		110	32	4.35	67.8
1965	estimate	4,095		121	32	4.23	68.0
1966	estimate	4,470		133	33	4.08	68.5
1967	estimate	4,858		145	33	3.94	69.0
1968	estimate	5,283		157	34	3.78	69.5
1969	estimate	5,718		169	34	3.63	70.2
1970	estimate	6,178		179	34	3.48	70.9
1971	estimate	6,650		189	35	3.35	71.3
1972	estimate	7,126		199	36	3.23	71.7
1973	estimate	7,635		211	37	3.11	72.1
1974	estimate	8,198		229	38	3.01	72.2
1975	estimate	8,787		248	39	2.92	72.3
1976	estimate	9,400		268	41	2.83	72.3
1977	estimate	10,031		288	44	2.75	72.1
1978	estimate	10,698		308	47	2.68	72.0
1979	estimate	11,379		326	50	2.63	71.8
1980	estimate	12,067		344	53	2.59	71.8
1981	estimate	12,753		356	56	2.55	71.9
1982	estimate	13,851		376	59	2.49	72.0
1983	estimate	15,362		407	63	2.40	72.2
1984	estimate	16,904		435	66	2.29	72.3
1985	estimate	18,484		463	70	2.18	72.4
1986	estimate	20,098		495	75	2.10	72.4
1987	estimate	21,763		525	80	2.03	72.4
1988	estimate	23,472		549	86	1.96	72.5
1989	estimate	25,241		569	92	1.90	72.4
1990	estimate	27,097		584	99	1.85	72.4
1991	estimate	29,025		612	107	1.85	72.4
1992	estimate	31,066		650	116	1.88	72.4
1993	estimate	32,069		669	120	1.94	72.5
1994	estimate	31,982		682	122	2.05	72.6
1995	estimate	31,852		688	122	2.14	72.8
1996	estimate	31,692		678	121	2.18	73.2
1997	estimate	31,503		654	119	2.17	73.5
1998	estimate	31,304		625	118	2.14	73.9
1999	estimate	31,082		582	116	2.07	74.2
2000	estimate	30,871		540	116	1.98	74.4
2001	estimate	30,676		501	117	1.89	74.5
2002	estimate	30,776		470	119	1.81	74.6
2003	estimate	31,145		448	122	1.74	74.6
2004	estimate	31,509		434	126	1.70	74.6
2005	estimate	31,871		433	131	1.71	74.7
2006	estimate	32,244		444	136	1.76	74.8
2007	estimate	32,613		397	142	1.57	74.8
2008	estimate	32,968		435	150	1.73	74.8
2009	estimate	33,322		430	159	1.71	74.8
2010	estimate	33,660		462	169	1.85	74.8
2011	estimate	33,929		495	178	1.99	74.9
2012	estimate	34,605		493	183	1.96	75.1
2013	estimate	35,440		486	189	1.89	75.4
2014	estimate	36,268		474	195	1.82	75.7
2015	estimate	37,075		459	205	1.73	75.9
2016	estimate	37,868		441	218	1.64	76.0
2017	estimate	38,630		426	241	1.57	75.5
2018	estimate	39,363		415	257	1.52	75.7
2019	estimate	40,061		405	278	1.48	75.7
2020	estimate	40,708		400	324	1.47	75.0
2021	estimate	41,307		394	367	1.46	74.5
2022	estimate	41,835		388	336	1.45	76.2
2023	estimate	42,442		390	347	1.45	76.4
2024	estimate	43,056		394	360	1.44	76.5
2025	projection	43,645	42,978–44,411	395	373	1.43	76.7
2026	projection	44,201	42,663–45,920	398	386	1.42	76.9
2027	projection	44,693	42,106–47,515	401	400	1.42	77.0
2028	projection	45,194	41,312–49,168	405	413	1.42	77.2
2029	projection	45,658	40,442–51,354	410	427	1.42	77.3
2030	projection	46,118	39,491–53,629	414	440	1.41	77.5
2031	projection	46,543	38,452–55,865	419	454	1.42	77.7
2032	projection	46,947	37,597–58,726	424	468	1.42	77.8
2033	projection	47,353	36,075–61,553	429	482	1.42	78.0
2034	projection	47,708	34,681–64,487	432	495	1.42	78.2
2035	projection	48,067	33,249–67,645	435	508	1.42	78.3
2036	projection	48,419	31,947–71,049	438	521	1.43	78.5
2037	projection	48,751	30,410–74,228	439	534	1.43	78.7
2038	projection	49,057	29,328–78,430	440	546	1.43	78.8
2039	projection	49,348	28,205–82,507	439	558	1.43	79.0
2040	projection	49,598	26,720–87,027	438	570	1.43	79.1
2041	projection	49,861	25,446–91,848	437	582	1.44	79.3
2042	projection	50,069	24,565–96,833	434	593	1.44	79.4
2043	projection	50,224	23,151–102,816	431	603	1.44	79.6
2044	projection	50,396	22,249–108,168	429	612	1.44	79.8
2045	projection	50,546	21,514–114,980	426	622	1.44	79.9
2046	projection	50,698	20,763–121,823	425	631	1.45	80.0
2047	projection	50,837	20,032–129,046	423	639	1.45	80.2
2048	projection	50,954	19,259–137,781	422	645	1.45	80.4
2049	projection	51,027	18,553–146,732	420	652	1.45	80.5
2050	projection	51,005	17,728–154,677	417	657	1.46	80.7
2051	projection	51,028	17,000–163,612	415	662	1.46	80.8
2052	projection	51,003	16,524–173,425	413	665	1.46	81.0
2053	projection	50,979	16,049–184,231	413	668	1.46	81.1
2054	projection	50,985	15,714–195,030	413	670	1.46	81.3
2055	projection	50,919	15,296–204,690	412	672	1.46	81.4
2056	projection	50,835	14,747–214,449	413	672	1.47	81.5
2057	projection	50,747	14,253–221,271	414	672	1.47	81.7
2058	projection	50,651	13,665–231,339	416	670	1.48	81.8
2059	projection	50,543	13,313–242,657	416	668	1.48	82.0
2060	projection	50,434	12,739–252,166	418	666	1.48	82.1
2061	projection	50,357	11,904–261,275	419	663	1.48	82.2
2062	projection	50,279	11,550–268,068	419	660	1.48	82.4
2063	projection	50,191	11,090–279,642	419	657	1.48	82.5
2064	projection	50,074	10,720–291,077	418	653	1.49	82.6
2065	projection	49,953	10,470–300,307	416	650	1.48	82.8
2066	projection	49,836	10,464–310,282	413	646	1.48	82.9
2067	projection	49,658	9,686–321,131	410	643	1.49	83.0
2068	projection	49,505	9,316–339,030	407	640	1.49	83.2
2069	projection	49,367	8,529–347,858	404	638	1.49	83.3
2070	projection	49,203	7,499–365,220	401	635	1.49	83.4
2071	projection	49,084	6,956–383,968	399	633	1.50	83.5
2072	projection	48,949	6,390–398,335	396	631	1.50	83.6
2073	projection	48,789	6,036–421,338	392	629	1.50	83.8
2074	projection	48,630	5,996–439,871	388	628	1.50	83.9
2075	projection	48,455	6,278–451,277	384	627	1.50	84.0
2076	projection	48,289	6,180–475,926	381	626	1.50	84.1
2077	projection	48,116	5,992–505,471	377	625	1.50	84.3
2078	projection	47,908	5,446–531,726	373	625	1.50	84.4
2079	projection	47,695	5,319–561,783	369	624	1.50	84.5
2080	projection	47,527	5,114–586,420	366	624	1.50	84.6
2081	projection	47,337	4,597–611,986	363	624	1.50	84.7
2082	projection	47,147	5,010–641,699	360	624	1.50	84.9
2083	projection	46,920	4,835–658,844	357	625	1.50	85.0
2084	projection	46,718	4,710–686,354	355	625	1.51	85.1
2085	projection	46,497	4,403–712,768	353	627	1.51	85.2
2086	projection	46,278	4,549–736,256	350	628	1.51	85.3
2087	projection	46,041	4,138–767,933	349	629	1.51	85.4
2088	projection	45,805	4,391–816,773	347	631	1.51	85.5
2089	projection	45,571	4,139–851,803	345	633	1.51	85.7
2090	projection	45,299	3,820–892,670	343	635	1.51	85.8
2091	projection	45,052	3,996–929,854	341	636	1.52	85.9
2092	projection	44,771	3,702–965,653	339	638	1.52	86.0
2093	projection	44,499	4,364–988,403	337	640	1.52	86.1
2094	projection	44,207	0.0–1.0 million	335	641	1.52	86.2
2095	projection	43,932	0.0–1.1 million	333	643	1.52	86.3
2096	projection	43,651	0.0–1.1 million	331	642	1.52	86.5
2097	projection	43,353	0.0–1.2 million	329	642	1.52	86.6
2098	projection	43,045	0.0–1.2 million	326	642	1.52	86.7
2099	projection	42,739	0.0–1.2 million	324	640	1.53	86.8
2100	projection	42,435	0.0–1.3 million	321	637	1.53	86.9

Show the numbers: Sint Maarten, mid-2026, by single year of age

Sint Maarten: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	206	199
1	210	204
2	214	208
3	216	208
4	200	180
5	188	154
6	198	163
7	210	172
8	222	182
9	231	192
10	242	202
11	256	214
12	270	229
13	284	244
14	295	254
15	299	260
16	307	266
17	313	271
18	307	273
19	302	270
20	294	268
21	286	268
22	275	262
23	257	257
24	240	256
25	232	252
26	226	248
27	226	250
28	234	258
29	246	267
30	257	272
31	264	279
32	260	292
33	251	306
34	253	316
35	259	328
36	268	338
37	270	344
38	276	350
39	292	353
40	298	364
41	294	366
42	293	362
43	296	357
44	298	350
45	298	344
46	302	345
47	306	345
48	316	349
49	324	362
50	332	368
51	332	370
52	333	376
53	340	382
54	338	385
55	340	390
56	343	394
57	348	404
58	358	415
59	364	416
60	366	413
61	364	404
62	352	388
63	332	362
64	314	323
65	291	295
66	271	279
67	256	262
68	242	250
69	224	244
70	212	236
71	206	224
72	192	207
73	178	184
74	169	172
75	158	158
76	139	139
77	126	122
78	112	108
79	96	97
80	80	83
81	66	68
82	55	58
83	42	48
84	34	42
85	27	34
86	20	25
87	16	22
88	12	20
89	9	15
90	7	12
91	5	10
92	4	8
93	2	6
94	2	4
95	1	3
96	0	2
97	0	2
98	0	1
99	0	0
100+	0	0

SXM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Sint Maarten, 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.

SXM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Sint Maarten

On the UN's projection, Sint Maarten will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2048: 31,684 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 30,349.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

19 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 49 years: 1984–2032.

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

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

SXM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Sint Maarten, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Sint Maarten gains 542 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 30–34, at 76 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 10 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 1,528 (1991); its biggest loss, 745 (1996).

In 2024, 30,148 people living in Sint Maarten had been born in another country, 70 of every 100 people there, against 85 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in Sint Maarten

Of every 100 babies born in Sint Maarten in 2023, 6 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 6 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.

1950
6 · 73 · 21

2023
6 · 72 · 22

2050 · projected
2 · 70 · 28

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

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 390
Average age when women have a baby: 28.9 years; 29.6 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 17; 56 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Sint Maarten by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	0	1	0	0	0
15–19	3	24	39	21	10	4
20–24	12	85	97	74	71	32
25–29	17	82	157	101	113	90
30–34	12	41	151	106	107	114
35–39	8	13	76	70	95	65
40–44	4	3	18	17	21	15
45–49	0	0	1	1	0	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	56	248	540	390	417	321

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

SXM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Sint Maarten

At the end of 2025, Sint Maarten was hosting 158 people who had crossed a border into it, about 4 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad158

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 5 people.

How the world's displacement is counted

SXM · of every 100 people

How people live in Sint Maarten

Of every 100 people in Sint Maarten in 2025, 97 lived in a town or suburb and 3 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

SXM · cities · 2025

Cities in Sint Maarten

No place in Sint Maarten 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.

All the world's cities

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 Sint Maarten 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.