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Population in Saint Helena

Population in Saint Helena was 5,288 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1% from 2022.

2023, persons5,288 Estimated
Change on 2022-1%
Series high6,6991987
Series low5,2241950
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Population in Saint Helena, 1950 to 2023

5,0005,5006,0006,5007,00019501961197219831994200520231950: 5,224 persons1951: 5,274 persons1952: 5,301 persons1953: 5,314 persons1954: 5,319 persons1955: 5,308 persons1956: 5,296 persons1957: 5,306 persons1958: 5,324 persons1959: 5,340 persons1960: 5,362 persons1961: 5,389 persons1962: 5,414 persons1963: 5,439 persons1964: 5,460 persons1965: 5,476 persons1966: 5,500 persons1967: 5,552 persons1968: 5,622 persons1969: 5,696 persons1970: 5,776 persons1971: 5,858 persons1972: 5,932 persons1973: 6,002 persons1974: 6,067 persons1975: 6,128 persons1976: 6,173 persons1977: 6,223 persons1978: 6,286 persons1979: 6,339 persons1980: 6,391 persons1981: 6,446 persons1982: 6,511 persons1983: 6,574 persons1984: 6,624 persons1985: 6,654 persons1986: 6,682 persons1987: 6,699 persons1988: 6,686 persons1989: 6,655 persons1990: 6,617 persons1991: 6,572 persons1992: 6,524 persons1993: 6,473 persons1994: 6,412 persons1995: 6,348 persons1996: 6,287 persons1997: 6,224 persons1998: 6,158 persons1999: 6,090 persons2000: 6,016 persons2001: 5,938 persons2002: 5,850 persons2003: 5,753 persons2004: 5,651 persons2005: 5,543 persons2006: 5,432 persons2007: 5,322 persons2008: 5,272 persons2009: 5,296 persons2010: 5,329 persons2011: 5,364 persons2012: 5,403 persons2013: 5,435 persons2014: 5,466 persons2015: 5,505 persons2016: 5,517 persons2017: 5,501 persons2018: 5,481 persons2019: 5,458 persons2020: 5,430 persons2021: 5,390 persons2022: 5,343 persons2023: 5,288 persons5,0005,5006,0006,5007,00019501975200020231950: 5,224 persons1951: 5,274 persons1952: 5,301 persons1953: 5,314 persons1954: 5,319 persons1955: 5,308 persons1956: 5,296 persons1957: 5,306 persons1958: 5,324 persons1959: 5,340 persons1960: 5,362 persons1961: 5,389 persons1962: 5,414 persons1963: 5,439 persons1964: 5,460 persons1965: 5,476 persons1966: 5,500 persons1967: 5,552 persons1968: 5,622 persons1969: 5,696 persons1970: 5,776 persons1971: 5,858 persons1972: 5,932 persons1973: 6,002 persons1974: 6,067 persons1975: 6,128 persons1976: 6,173 persons1977: 6,223 persons1978: 6,286 persons1979: 6,339 persons1980: 6,391 persons1981: 6,446 persons1982: 6,511 persons1983: 6,574 persons1984: 6,624 persons1985: 6,654 persons1986: 6,682 persons1987: 6,699 persons1988: 6,686 persons1989: 6,655 persons1990: 6,617 persons1991: 6,572 persons1992: 6,524 persons1993: 6,473 persons1994: 6,412 persons1995: 6,348 persons1996: 6,287 persons1997: 6,224 persons1998: 6,158 persons1999: 6,090 persons2000: 6,016 persons2001: 5,938 persons2002: 5,850 persons2003: 5,753 persons2004: 5,651 persons2005: 5,543 persons2006: 5,432 persons2007: 5,322 persons2008: 5,272 persons2009: 5,296 persons2010: 5,329 persons2011: 5,364 persons2012: 5,403 persons2013: 5,435 persons2014: 5,466 persons2015: 5,505 persons2016: 5,517 persons2017: 5,501 persons2018: 5,481 persons2019: 5,458 persons2020: 5,430 persons2021: 5,390 persons2022: 5,343 persons2023: 5,288 persons
persons. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodpersons
20235,288 Estimated
20225,343 Estimated
20215,390 Estimated
20205,430 Estimated
20195,458 Estimated
20185,481 Estimated
20175,501 Estimated
20165,517 Estimated
20155,505 Estimated
20145,466 Estimated
20135,435 Estimated
20125,403 Estimated
20115,364 Estimated
20105,329 Estimated
20095,296 Estimated
20085,272 Estimated
20075,322 Estimated
20065,432 Estimated
20055,543 Estimated
20045,651 Estimated
20035,753 Estimated
20025,850 Estimated
20015,938 Estimated
20006,016 Estimated
19996,090 Estimated
19986,158 Estimated
19976,224 Estimated
19966,287 Estimated
19956,348 Estimated
19946,412 Estimated
19936,473 Estimated
19926,524 Estimated
19916,572 Estimated
19906,617 Estimated
19896,655 Estimated
19886,686 Estimated
19876,699 Estimated
19866,682 Estimated
19856,654 Estimated
19846,624 Estimated
19836,574 Estimated
19826,511 Estimated
19816,446 Estimated
19806,391 Estimated
19796,339 Estimated
19786,286 Estimated
19776,223 Estimated
19766,173 Estimated
19756,128 Estimated
19746,067 Estimated
19736,002 Estimated
19725,932 Estimated
19715,858 Estimated
19705,776 Estimated
19695,696 Estimated
19685,622 Estimated
19675,552 Estimated
19665,500 Estimated
19655,476 Estimated
19645,460 Estimated
19635,439 Estimated
19625,414 Estimated
19615,389 Estimated
19605,362 Estimated
19595,340 Estimated
19585,324 Estimated
19575,306 Estimated
19565,296 Estimated
19555,308 Estimated
19545,319 Estimated
19535,314 Estimated
19525,301 Estimated
19515,274 Estimated
19505,224 Estimated

Saint Helena compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 10,642,081 personsAfghanistan: 41,454,761 personsAntigua and Barbuda: 93,316 personsAlbania: 2,811,655 personsArmenia: 2,943,393 personsAngola: 36,749,906 personsArgentina: 45,538,401 personsAustria: 9,130,429 personsAustralia: 26,451,124 personsAzerbaijan: 10,318,207 personsBosnia and Herzegovina: 3,185,073 personsBangladesh: 171,466,990 personsBelgium: 11,712,893 personsBurkina Faso: 23,025,776 personsBulgaria: 6,795,803 personsBurundi: 13,689,450 personsBenin: 14,111,034 personsBrunei: 458,949 personsBolivia: 12,244,160 personsBrazil: 211,140,729 personsBahamas: 399,440 personsBhutan: 786,385 personsBotswana: 2,480,244 personsBelarus: 9,115,680 personsBelize: 411,106 personsCanada: 39,299,104 personsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 105,789,731 personsCentral African Republic: 5,152,420 personsRepublic of the Congo: 6,182,885 personsSwitzerland: 8,870,561 personsCôte d’Ivoire: 31,165,654 personsChile: 19,658,835 personsCameroon: 28,372,687 personsChina: 1,422,584,933 personsColombia: 52,321,152 personsCosta Rica: 5,105,526 personsCuba: 11,019,930 personsCape Verde: 522,330 personsCyprus: 1,344,976 personsCzechia: 10,809,716 personsGermany: 84,548,231 personsDjibouti: 1,152,944 personsDenmark: 5,948,136 personsDominican Republic: 11,331,266 personsAlgeria: 46,164,219 personsEcuador: 17,980,083 personsEstonia: 1,367,196 personsEgypt: 114,535,772 personsWestern Sahara: 579,729 personsEritrea: 3,470,390 personsSpain: 47,911,580 personsEthiopia: 128,691,692 personsFinland: 5,601,185 personsFiji: 924,146 personsFalkland Islands: 3,477 personsFaroe Islands: 54,714 personsFrance: 66,438,822 personsGabon: 2,484,788 personsUnited Kingdom: 68,682,962 personsGeorgia: 3,807,492 personsGhana: 33,787,914 personsGreenland: 55,922 personsGambia: 2,697,846 personsGuinea: 14,405,468 personsEquatorial Guinea: 1,847,549 personsGreece: 10,242,908 personsGuatemala: 18,124,838 personsGuinea-Bissau: 2,153,339 personsGuyana: 826,353 personsHong Kong: 7,442,734 personsHonduras: 10,644,851 personsCroatia: 3,896,023 personsHaiti: 11,637,398 personsHungary: 9,686,464 personsIndonesia: 281,190,067 personsIreland: 5,196,630 personsIsrael: 9,256,314 personsIsle of Man: 84,165 personsIndia: 1,438,069,596 personsIraq: 45,074,049 personsIran: 90,608,707 personsIceland: 387,558 personsItaly: 59,499,453 personsJamaica: 2,839,786 personsJordan: 11,439,214 personsJapan: 124,370,947 personsKenya: 55,339,003 personsKyrgyzstan: 7,073,516 personsCambodia: 17,423,880 personsKiribati: 132,530 personsNorth Korea: 26,418,204 personsSouth Korea: 51,748,739 personsKuwait: 4,838,782 personsCayman Islands: 73,038 personsKazakhstan: 20,330,104 personsLaos: 7,664,992 personsLebanon: 5,773,492 personsSri Lanka: 22,971,617 personsLiberia: 5,493,031 personsLesotho: 2,311,472 personsLithuania: 2,854,099 personsLuxembourg: 665,098 personsLatvia: 1,882,396 personsLibya: 7,305,659 personsMorocco: 37,712,505 personsMoldova: 3,067,070 personsMontenegro: 633,552 personsMadagascar: 31,195,932 personsNorth Macedonia: 1,831,802 personsMali: 23,769,127 personsMyanmar: 54,133,798 personsMongolia: 3,431,932 personsMauritania: 5,022,442 personsMauritius: 1,273,588 personsMalawi: 21,104,482 personsMexico: 129,739,759 personsMalaysia: 35,126,298 personsMozambique: 33,635,160 personsNamibia: 2,963,095 personsNew Caledonia: 289,870 personsNiger: 26,159,867 personsNigeria: 227,882,945 personsNicaragua: 6,823,613 personsNetherlands: 18,092,524 personsNorway: 5,519,167 personsNepal: 29,694,614 personsNew Zealand: 5,172,836 personsOman: 5,049,269 personsPanama: 4,458,759 personsPeru: 33,845,617 personsFrench Polynesia: 281,118 personsPapua New Guinea: 10,389,635 personsPhilippines: 114,891,199 personsPakistan: 247,504,495 personsPoland: 38,762,844 personsPuerto Rico: 3,242,022 personsPalestine: 5,409,202 personsPortugal: 10,430,738 personsPalau: 17,727 personsParaguay: 6,844,146 personsQatar: 2,979,082 personsRomania: 19,118,479 personsSerbia: 6,773,201 personsRussia: 145,440,500 personsRwanda: 13,954,472 personsSaudi Arabia: 33,264,292 personsSolomon Islands: 800,006 personsSudan: 50,042,791 personsSweden: 10,551,494 personsSingapore: 5,789,090 personsSlovenia: 2,118,396 personsSlovakia: 5,518,054 personsSierra Leone: 8,460,512 personsSenegal: 18,077,573 personsSomalia: 18,358,615 personsSuriname: 628,886 personsSouth Sudan: 11,483,374 personsEl Salvador: 6,309,624 personsSyria: 23,594,623 personsEswatini: 1,230,506 personsChad: 19,319,064 personsTogo: 9,304,338 personsThailand: 71,702,435 personsTajikistan: 10,389,798 personsTimor-Leste: 1,384,286 personsTurkmenistan: 7,364,438 personsTunisia: 12,200,431 personsTürkiye: 87,270,502 personsTrinidad and Tobago: 1,502,932 personsTaiwan: 23,317,145 personsTanzania: 66,617,606 personsUkraine: 37,732,836 personsUganda: 48,656,601 personsUnited States: 343,477,335 personsUruguay: 3,388,080 personsUzbekistan: 35,652,307 personsVenezuela: 28,300,854 personsVietnam: 100,352,192 personsVanuatu: 320,408 personsSamoa: 216,663 personsYemen: 39,390,799 personsSouth Africa: 63,212,384 personsZambia: 20,723,965 personsZimbabwe: 16,340,822 persons
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Population, 2023, persons. Saint Helena is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Resident population.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July) (Population, Saint Helena, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July), Population, Saint Helena, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/population/saint-helena. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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}
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What is the population in Saint Helena?

Population in Saint Helena was 5,288 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest population in Saint Helena?

6,699 in 1987, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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