St. Martin vs Sint Maarten: Population

Population in 2023: 27,520 people in St. Martin and 42,750 people in Sint Maarten, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Sint Maarten, by 15,230 people, or 1.55 times that in St. Martin.

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St. MartinSint MaartenEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Sint Maarten has been higher since 2015, when it overtook St. Martin.
In 2023, St. Martin ranked 216 and Sint Maarten ranked 210 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts St. Martin at 20,000 people and Sint Maarten at 42,280 people in 2100.
The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

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Year	St. Martin	Sint Maarten	World
2023	27,520	42,750	8.09 billion
2022	28,870	42,140	8.02 billion
2021	29,960	41,570	7.95 billion
2020	31,790	41,010	7.89 billion
2019	34,270	40,390	7.81 billion
2018	36,010	39,710	7.73 billion
2017	36,840	39,000	7.65 billion
2016	37,180	38,250	7.56 billion
2015	37,370	37,470	7.47 billion
2014	37,450	36,670	7.38 billion
2013	37,420	35,850	7.29 billion
2012	37,280	35,020	7.2 billion
2011	37,070	34,270	7.11 billion
2010	36,860	33,790	7.02 billion
2009	36,500	33,490	6.93 billion
2008	35,960	33,150	6.84 billion
2007	35,340	32,790	6.76 billion
2006	34,660	32,430	6.67 billion
2005	33,930	32,060	6.59 billion
2004	33,170	31,690	6.5 billion
2003	32,400	31,330	6.42 billion
2002	31,600	30,960	6.34 billion
2001	30,800	30,730	6.26 billion
2000	30,000	30,770	6.17 billion
1999	29,280	30,980	6.09 billion
1998	29,110	31,190	6.01 billion
1997	29,320	31,400	5.93 billion
1996	29,440	31,600	5.84 billion
1995	29,470	31,770	5.76 billion
1994	29,410	31,920	5.68 billion
1993	29,280	32,030	5.59 billion
1992	29,080	31,570	5.51 billion
1991	28,800	30,050	5.42 billion
1990	28,220	28,060	5.33 billion
1989	26,450	26,170	5.23 billion
1988	23,750	24,360	5.14 billion
1987	21,110	22,620	5.05 billion
1986	18,560	20,930	4.96 billion
1985	16,090	19,290	4.87 billion
1984	13,730	17,690	4.78 billion
1983	11,490	16,130	4.7 billion
1982	9,494	14,610	4.61 billion
1981	8,498	13,300	4.53 billion
1980	8,288	12,410	4.45 billion
1979	8,063	11,720	4.37 billion
1978	7,822	11,040	4.29 billion
1977	7,569	10,360	4.22 billion
1976	7,303	9,716	4.14 billion
1975	7,038	9,094	4.07 billion
1974	6,801	8,492	4 billion
1973	6,596	7,916	3.92 billion
1972	6,408	7,380	3.85 billion
1971	6,228	6,888	3.77 billion
1970	6,047	6,414	3.7 billion
1969	5,868	5,948	3.62 billion
1968	5,693	5,500	3.55 billion
1967	5,472	5,070	3.47 billion
1966	5,213	4,664	3.4 billion
1965	4,996	4,282	3.34 billion
1964	4,827	3,922	3.26 billion
1963	4,673	3,584	3.19 billion
1962	4,527	3,264	3.12 billion
1961	4,386	2,970	3.07 billion
1960	4,250	2,715	3.02 billion
1959	4,112	2,521	2.97 billion
1958	3,972	2,366	2.91 billion
1957	3,847	2,216	2.85 billion
1956	3,723	2,077	2.8 billion
1955	3,599	1,948	2.74 billion
1954	3,479	1,834	2.69 billion
1953	3,353	1,738	2.63 billion
1952	3,232	1,648	2.58 billion
1951	3,113	1,553	2.54 billion
1950	2,984	1,450	2.49 billion
1820	5,380	–	–
1800	5,380	–	–

12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	St. Martin	Sint Maarten	World
2024	26,13025,420–26,750	43,35043,020–43,730	8.16 billion
2025	24,94022,790–26,860	43,92042,820–45,170	8.23 billion
2026	23,90020,530–27,300	44,45042,390–46,720	8.3 billion
2027	22,99018,880–28,110	44,94041,710–48,340	8.37 billion
2028	22,23017,740–29,190	45,43040,880–50,260	8.44 billion
2029	21,60016,840–30,150	45,89039,970–52,490	8.5 billion
2030	21,07016,010–31,100	46,33038,970–54,750	8.57 billion
2031	20,61015,320–32,390	46,75038,020–57,300	8.63 billion
2032	20,23014,750–33,800	47,15036,840–60,140	8.7 billion
2033	19,88014,220–35,440	47,53035,380–63,020	8.76 billion
2034	19,60013,920–37,320	47,89033,970–66,070	8.82 billion
2035	19,40013,830–39,870	48,24032,600–69,350	8.89 billion
2036	19,25013,690–42,760	48,59031,180–72,640	8.95 billion
2037	19,14013,540–45,670	48,90029,870–76,330	9.01 billion
2038	19,05013,260–48,730	49,20028,770–80,470	9.06 billion
2039	18,98012,900–51,510	49,47027,460–84,770	9.12 billion
2040	18,92012,420–54,330	49,73026,080–89,440	9.18 billion
2041	18,87011,910–57,230	49,97025,010–94,340	9.23 billion
2042	18,84011,470–59,650	50,15023,860–99,820	9.29 billion
2043	18,82011,060–61,410	50,31022,700–105,500	9.34 billion
2044	18,82010,690–63,360	50,47021,880–111,600	9.39 billion
2045	18,82010,270–64,960	50,62021,140–118,400	9.44 billion
2046	18,8109,774–66,420	50,77020,400–125,400	9.49 billion
2047	18,7909,251–68,910	50,90019,650–133,400	9.54 billion
2048	18,8008,744–72,470	50,99018,910–142,300	9.58 billion
2049	18,8008,313–75,560	51,02018,140–150,700	9.62 billion
2050	18,8007,979–79,100	51,02017,360–159,100	9.66 billion
2051	18,7907,735–83,780	51,02016,760–168,500	9.7 billion
2052	18,7807,478–88,640	50,99016,290–178,800	9.74 billion
2053	18,7707,178–91,640	50,98015,880–189,600	9.78 billion
2054	18,7606,928–93,020	50,95015,500–199,900	9.81 billion
2055	18,7406,566–94,380	50,88015,020–209,600	9.85 billion
2056	18,7106,141–97,430	50,79014,500–217,900	9.88 billion
2057	18,6705,859–101,500	50,70013,960–226,300	9.91 billion
2058	18,6105,670–105,800	50,60013,490–237,000	9.94 billion
2059	18,5405,397–108,900	50,49013,030–247,400	9.96 billion
2060	18,4705,095–111,200	50,40012,320–256,700	9.99 billion
2061	18,3804,916–116,200	50,32011,730–264,700	10 billion
2062	18,3104,705–119,400	50,24011,320–273,900	10 billion
2063	18,2404,525–121,000	50,13010,910–285,400	10.1 billion
2064	18,1704,464–124,200	50,01010,600–295,700	10.1 billion
2065	18,1204,350–126,800	49,89010,470–305,300	10.1 billion
2066	18,0804,179–130,000	49,75010,080–315,700	10.1 billion
2067	18,0504,078–136,900	49,5809,501–330,100	10.1 billion
2068	18,0203,849–142,900	49,4408,923–343,400	10.2 billion
2069	17,9903,661–146,400	49,2908,014–356,500	10.2 billion
2070	17,9803,663–149,600	49,1407,227–374,600	10.2 billion
2071	17,9903,516–151,600	49,0206,673–391,200	10.2 billion
2072	18,0203,188–154,000	48,8706,213–409,800	10.2 billion
2073	18,0603,024–155,100	48,7106,016–430,600	10.2 billion
2074	18,1202,893–157,400	48,5406,137–445,600	10.2 billion
2075	18,1902,604–163,000	48,3706,229–463,600	10.3 billion
2076	18,2602,467–166,500	48,2006,086–490,700	10.3 billion
2077	18,3402,397–167,700	48,0105,719–518,600	10.3 billion
2078	18,4302,381–169,000	47,8005,382–546,800	10.3 billion
2079	18,5302,373–172,900	47,6105,216–574,100	10.3 billion
2080	18,6302,231–176,700	47,4304,856–599,200	10.3 billion
2081	18,7202,160–180,400	47,2404,804–626,800	10.3 billion
2082	18,8202,118–186,800	47,0304,922–650,300	10.3 billion
2083	18,9202,013–193,300	46,8204,772–672,600	10.3 billion
2084	19,0302,078–200,100	46,6104,556–699,600	10.3 billion
2085	19,1302,109–203,700	46,3904,476–724,500	10.3 billion
2086	19,2301,985–203,900	46,1604,343–752,100	10.3 billion
2087	19,3301,910–205,500	45,9204,264–792,400	10.3 billion
2088	19,4301,978–209,900	45,6904,265–834,300	10.3 billion
2089	19,5202,043–216,600	45,4403,980–872,200	10.3 billion
2090	19,5902,010–225,500	45,1803,908–911,300	10.3 billion
2091	19,6701,878–234,800	44,9103,849–947,800	10.3 billion
2092	19,7401,957–242,200	44,6404,033–977,000	10.3 billion
2093	19,8002,034–248,600	44,3504,551–1 million	10.3 billion
2094	19,8601,780–253,300	44,0704,938–1.04 million	10.2 billion
2095	19,9001,779–257,300	43,7905,443–1.09 million	10.2 billion
2096	19,9502,003–265,800	43,5005,828–1.15 million	10.2 billion
2097	19,9802,197–272,900	43,2005,707–1.19 million	10.2 billion
2098	20,0002,158–275,600	42,8905,391–1.23 million	10.2 billion
2099	20,0102,054–281,300	42,5905,071–1.26 million	10.2 billion
2100	20,0002,165–291,000	42,2805,274–1.31 million	10.2 billion

Each country on its own

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Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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