Population of Saint Helena

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Saint Helena is 6,117 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Saint Helena is projected at 6,096 or 6.10 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Saint Helena is projected at 6,077 or 6.08 thousands people for the year 2020. Saint Helena ranks number 229th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Saint Helena is ranked 58th among 58 countries in Africa.

Saint Helena's population peaked in 1986 with 6.8 thousand people after Saint Helena's population decreased year by year. The Saint Helena population is projected to reach 6.2 thousand in 2030 and decrease further to 5.8 thousand in 2050 and 4.5 thousand by 2100. Saint Helena accounts for a 0.000077 percent of the world population. Its global share has declined since 0.000079% of 2018 and is projected to decline at 0.000041% by 2100.

Saint Helena was at 223rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 229th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Saint Helena population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,246	-	-	0.000207
1951	5,293	47	0.90	0.000205
1952	5,316	23	0.43	0.000202
1953	5,336	20	0.38	0.000199
1954	5,342	6	0.11	0.000196
1955	5,345	3	0.06	0.000193
1956	5,354	9	0.17	0.000190
1957	5,358	4	0.07	0.000186
1958	5,374	16	0.30	0.000184
1959	5,378	4	0.07	0.000180
1960	5,364	-14	-0.26	0.000177
1961	5,352	-12	-0.22	0.000173
1962	5,330	-22	-0.41	0.000169
1963	5,317	-13	-0.24	0.000166
1964	5,311	-6	-0.11	0.000162
1965	5,328	17	0.32	0.000160
1966	5,369	41	0.77	0.000158
1967	5,426	57	1.06	0.000156
1968	5,504	78	1.44	0.000155
1969	5,601	97	1.76	0.000154
1970	5,692	91	1.62	0.000154
1971	5,799	107	1.88	0.000154
1972	5,919	120	2.07	0.000154
1973	6,028	109	1.84	0.000153
1974	6,137	109	1.81	0.000153
1975	6,235	98	1.60	0.000153
1976	6,327	92	1.48	0.000152
1977	6,400	73	1.15	0.000151
1978	6,464	64	1.00	0.000150
1979	6,519	55	0.85	0.000149
1980	6,582	63	0.97	0.000148
1981	6,656	74	1.12	0.000147
1982	6,709	53	0.80	0.000145
1983	6,761	52	0.78	0.000144
1984	6,798	37	0.55	0.000142
1985	6,817	19	0.28	0.000140
1986	6,822	5	0.07	0.000138
1987	6,799	-23	-0.34	0.000135
1988	6,766	-33	-0.49	0.000131
1989	6,717	-49	-0.72	0.000128
1990	6,647	-70	-1.04	0.000125
1991	6,572	-75	-1.13	0.000121
1992	6,486	-86	-1.31	0.000118
1993	6,395	-91	-1.40	0.000115
1994	6,314	-81	-1.27	0.000111
1995	6,247	-67	-1.06	0.000109
1996	6,206	-41	-0.66	0.000107
1997	6,179	-27	-0.44	0.000105
1998	6,157	-22	-0.36	0.000103
1999	6,125	-32	-0.52	0.000101
2000	6,049	-76	-1.24	0.000098
2001	5,939	-110	-1.82	0.000095
2002	5,801	-138	-2.32	0.000092
2003	5,644	-157	-2.71	0.000088
2004	5,490	-154	-2.73	0.000085
2005	5,364	-126	-2.30	0.000082
2006	5,263	-101	-1.88	0.000079
2007	5,186	-77	-1.46	0.000077
2008	5,143	-43	-0.83	0.000076
2009	5,142	-1	-0.02	0.000075
2010	5,183	41	0.80	0.000075
2011	5,280	97	1.87	0.000075
2012	5,414	134	2.54	0.000076
2013	5,584	170	3.14	0.000077
2014	5,739	155	2.78	0.000079
2015	5,865	126	2.20	0.000079
2016	5,956	91	1.55	0.000080
2017	6,008	52	0.87	0.000080
2018	6,035	27	0.45	0.000079
2019	6,059	24	0.40	0.000079

Saint Helena population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	6,077	18	0.30	0.000078
2021	6,096	19	0.31	0.000077
2022	6,115	19	0.31	0.000077
2023	6,127	12	0.20	0.000076
2024	6,142	15	0.24	0.000076
2025	6,146	4	0.07	0.000075
2026	6,159	13	0.21	0.000075
2027	6,164	5	0.08	0.000074
2028	6,170	6	0.10	0.000073
2029	6,175	5	0.08	0.000073
2030	6,175	0	0.00	0.000072
2031	6,177	2	0.03	0.000072
2032	6,176	-1	-0.02	0.000071
2033	6,173	-3	-0.05	0.000071
2034	6,163	-10	-0.16	0.000070
2035	6,149	-14	-0.23	0.000069
2036	6,134	-15	-0.24	0.000069
2037	6,123	-11	-0.18	0.000068
2038	6,102	-21	-0.34	0.000067
2039	6,084	-18	-0.29	0.000067
2040	6,059	-25	-0.41	0.000066
2041	6,036	-23	-0.38	0.000065
2042	6,013	-23	-0.38	0.000065
2043	5,990	-23	-0.38	0.000064
2044	5,959	-31	-0.52	0.000063
2045	5,931	-28	-0.47	0.000063
2046	5,902	-29	-0.49	0.000062
2047	5,872	-30	-0.51	0.000061
2048	5,844	-28	-0.48	0.000061
2049	5,817	-27	-0.46	0.000060
2050	5,783	-34	-0.58	0.000059
2051	5,755	-28	-0.48	0.000059
2052	5,723	-32	-0.56	0.000058
2053	5,694	-29	-0.51	0.000058
2054	5,666	-28	-0.49	0.000057
2055	5,637	-29	-0.51	0.000057
2056	5,606	-31	-0.55	0.000056
2057	5,576	-30	-0.54	0.000056
2058	5,545	-31	-0.56	0.000055
2059	5,520	-25	-0.45	0.000055
2060	5,487	-33	-0.60	0.000054
2061	5,459	-28	-0.51	0.000054
2062	5,433	-26	-0.48	0.000053
2063	5,404	-29	-0.53	0.000053
2064	5,377	-27	-0.50	0.000052
2065	5,349	-28	-0.52	0.000052
2066	5,322	-27	-0.50	0.000051
2067	5,299	-23	-0.43	0.000051
2068	5,264	-35	-0.66	0.000051
2069	5,237	-27	-0.51	0.000050
2070	5,212	-25	-0.48	0.000050
2071	5,181	-31	-0.59	0.000049
2072	5,156	-25	-0.48	0.000049
2073	5,130	-26	-0.50	0.000049
2074	5,104	-26	-0.51	0.000048
2075	5,078	-26	-0.51	0.000048
2076	5,055	-23	-0.45	0.000048
2077	5,030	-25	-0.49	0.000047
2078	4,997	-33	-0.66	0.000047
2079	4,975	-22	-0.44	0.000047
2080	4,954	-21	-0.42	0.000046
2081	4,928	-26	-0.52	0.000046
2082	4,903	-25	-0.51	0.000046
2083	4,876	-27	-0.55	0.000045
2084	4,848	-28	-0.57	0.000045
2085	4,829	-19	-0.39	0.000045
2086	4,806	-23	-0.48	0.000045
2087	4,783	-23	-0.48	0.000044
2088	4,755	-28	-0.59	0.000044
2089	4,730	-25	-0.53	0.000044
2090	4,710	-20	-0.42	0.000044
2091	4,689	-21	-0.45	0.000043
2092	4,661	-28	-0.60	0.000043
2093	4,638	-23	-0.49	0.000043
2094	4,616	-22	-0.47	0.000043
2095	4,594	-22	-0.48	0.000042
2096	4,572	-22	-0.48	0.000042
2097	4,549	-23	-0.50	0.000042
2098	4,530	-19	-0.42	0.000042
2099	4,509	-21	-0.46	0.000041
2100	4,487	-22	-0.49	0.000041