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NOTE: 1) The information regarding Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
7,828
note: Saint Helena's statistical agency estimated the enumerated national population (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna) to be 5,901 in 2016, according to the 2016 census; only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, none of the other nearby islands/islets are (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 225
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noun: Saint Helenian(s)
adjective: Saint Helenian
note: referred to locally as "Saints"
African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%
English
Protestant 75.9% (includes Anglican 68.9, Baptist 2.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.8%, Salvation Army 1.7%, New Apostolic 1.4%), Jehovah's Witness 4.1%, Roman Catholic 1.2%, other 2.5% (includes Baha'i), unspecified 0.8%, none 6.1%, no response 9.4%
note: data represent Saint Helena only (2016 est.)
The vast majority of the population of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha live on Saint Helena. Ascension has no indigenous or permanent residents and is inhabited only by persons contracted to work on the island (mainly with the UK and US military or in the space and communications industries) or their dependents, while Tristan da Cunha – the main island in a small archipelago – has fewer than 300 residents. The population of Saint Helena consists of the descendants of 17th century British sailors and settlers from the East India Company, African slaves, and indentured servants and laborers from India, Indonesia, and China. Most of the population of Ascension are Saint Helenians, Britons, and Americans, while that of Tristan da Cunha descends from shipwrecked sailors and Saint Helenians.
Change in Saint Helena’s population size is driven by net outward migration. Since the 1980s, Saint Helena’s population steadily has shrunk and aged as the birth rate has decreased and many working-age residents left for better opportunities elsewhere. The restoration of British citizenship in 2002 accelerated family emigration; from 1998 to 2008 alone, population declined by about 20%.
In the last few years, population has experienced some temporary growth, as foreigners and returning Saint Helenians, have come to build an international airport, but numbers are beginning to fade as the project reaches completion and workers depart. In the long term, once the airport is fully operational, increased access to the remote island has the potential to boost tourism and fishing, provide more jobs for Saint Helenians domestically, and could encourage some ex-patriots to return home. In the meantime, however, Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha have to contend with the needs of an aging population. The elderly population of the islands has risen from an estimated 9.4% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016.
0-14 years: 15.97% (male 637/female 613)
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15-24 years: 12.19% (male 486/female 468)
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25-54 years: 43.89% (male 1,701/female 1,735)
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55-64 years: 12.83% (male 517/female 487)
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65 years and over: 15.13% (male 604/female 580) (2017 est.)
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total: 41.9 years
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male: 42 years
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female: 41.9 years (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 34
0.18% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185
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9.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
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7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
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Saint Helena - population is concentrated in and around the capital Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area; Ascension - largest settlement, and location of most of the population, is Georgetown; Tristan da Cunha - most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
urban population: 39.5% of total population (2017)
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rate of urbanization: 0.96% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
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JAMESTOWN (capital) 1,000 (2014)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
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0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
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15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
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25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
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55-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
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65 years and over: 1.04 male(s)/female
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total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
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total: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births
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male: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 107
total population: 79.6 years
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male: 76.7 years
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female: 82.7 years (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 45
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
1.59 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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