Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Africa · Western Africa
Saint Helena is recorded at 5.2k people in 2024, with total annual change of -43 under the WPP medium variant.
Saint Helena observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 38 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -89 |
| Natural change | -51 |
| Net migration | +4 |
| Total change | -43 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -43 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -1,462 since 1987 |
| Projected 2100 | 2.6k |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Saint Helena 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 729, ages 15-64 3.2k, ages 65+ 1.4k.
Saint Helena 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 548, ages 15-64 2.1k, ages 65+ 1.3k.
Saint Helena 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 338, ages 15-64 1.4k, ages 65+ 873.
Stage since 1954.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1990.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.2k | -43 | 38 | 89 | 1.64 |
| 2030 | 4.9k | -53 | 35 | 89 | 1.63 |
| 2050 | 4.0k | -50 | 34 | 76 | 1.63 |
| 2080 | 3.0k | -16 | 26 | 46 | 1.63 |
| 2100 | 2.6k | -16 | 22 | 40 | 1.64 |