Demographics of Saint Helena

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

As of 2021, the population of Saint Helena is projected at 6.10 thousand, up by 0.40% compared with 6.07 thousand in 2020. Saint Helena is ranked 229th in terms of population and 168th in terms of population growth rate.

1.67 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 40.25% of Saint Helena population. Saint Helena is ranked 183rd in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Saint Helena population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,249-
19555,3460.11
19605,363-0.22
19655,3250.28
19705,6961.71
19756,2311.50
19806,5840.95
19856,8180.26
19906,654-0.91
19956,244-0.97
20006,054-1.16
20055,354-2.46
20105,1830.93
20155,8692.30
20165,9581.52
20176,0080.84
20186,0390.52
20196,0610.36
20206,0710.16
20216,0950.40
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Saint Helena

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19502,5542,418-51.358
19552,4862,458-1.1150.282
19602,3362,412-1.2749.204
19652,2282,401-0.3648.129
19702,2662,6180.6246.388
19752,3022,873-0.0444.477
19802,3322,9950.6043.785
19852,4303,1530.5043.533
19902,3563,179-1.1342.573
19952,1833,106-1.3141.273
20002,0643,050-1.9040.365
20051,7062,569-3.2339.901
20101,6502,527-0.1239.500
20151,5952,439-0.3739.540
20201,6542,4721.1040.082
20211,6692,4780.9140.251