St. Helena
Population growth in St. Helena
Population growth in St. Helena: 1.23% a year in 1950 and -1.12% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -1.12% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.34 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 220 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.61% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.61% a year in 2100, between -4.19% a year and 3.26% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 1.49% a year in 1970, the lowest -2.12% a year in 2007.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | St. Helena | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -1.12 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.94 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.82 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.66 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -0.39 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -0.46 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -0.25 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -0.33 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.76 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.66 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.48 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.7 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.73 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.64 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.25 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -2.12 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -1.97 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -2.06 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | -1.81 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | -1.76 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | -1.61 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | -1.38 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -1.25 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -1.18 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | -1.06 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | -1.08 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | -0.92 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | -1.02 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -0.98 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -0.9 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -0.67 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | -0.81 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | -0.54 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | -0.6 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | -0.33 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | -0.08 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.58 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.27 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 0.65 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 0.85 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.09 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 0.92 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.82 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.86 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.14 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.5 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 0.95 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.06 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.1 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.23 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.32 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.49 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 1.3 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.32 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.21 | 2 |
| 1966 | 0.64 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 0.27 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 0.28 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 0.52 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 0.43 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 0.48 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 0.52 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 0.32 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 0.26 | 2 |
| 1957 | 0.43 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | -0.08 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | -0.38 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | -0.04 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 0.21 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 0.3 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.7 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.23 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | St. Helena | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.82-1.64–-0.12 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.75-1.86–0.26 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -1.15-2.58–0.02 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -1.06-2.66–0.38 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.99-2.7–0.58 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -1.18-2.91–0.61 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -1.08-2.97–0.85 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -1.15-3.12–0.88 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -1.14-3.22–0.98 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -1.13-3.45–1.04 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -1.17-3.46–1.04 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -1.12-3.49–1.18 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.98-3.52–1.34 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -1.12-3.86–1.44 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -1.29-4.06–1.42 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.88-3.77–1.8 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -1.13-4.14–1.63 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -1.05-3.94–1.81 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.95-3.96–2.06 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -1.22-4.2–1.76 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.83-3.95–2.15 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -1.27-4.22–1.84 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.97-3.84–2.32 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -1.15-4.04–1.99 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -1.01-3.89–2.1 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.97-3.97–2.21 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -1.26-4.07–2 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.94-3.75–2.23 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -1.26-4.02–1.98 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -1.2-3.81–2.02 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -1.11-3.69–2.13 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -1.17-3.67–2.11 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -1-3.59–2.26 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -1.17-3.81–2.14 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -1.08-3.64–2.19 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -1.23-3.74–2.12 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.96-3.58–2.31 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -1.23-3.8–2.22 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.92-3.48–2.53 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -1.05-3.61–2.57 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.97-3.45–2.73 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.8-3.36–2.58 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.87-3.42–2.67 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -1.15-3.68–2.34 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.64-3.17–2.79 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -1.08-3.73–2.3 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.53-3.29–2.79 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.72-3.48–2.61 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.66-3.4–2.62 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.82-3.62–2.45 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.61-3.57–2.89 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.71-3.77–2.77 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.87-4.05–2.6 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.68-3.93–2.81 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.62-3.8–3.02 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.46-3.77–3.05 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.53-3.82–2.97 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -1-4.31–2.54 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.57-3.83–3.11 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.68-4.01–2.78 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.82-4.13–2.71 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.65-4–2.94 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.55-3.92–3.09 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.73-4.01–2.97 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.46-3.67–3.31 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.92-4.14–2.85 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.75-4.02–3.08 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.72-4.17–3.23 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.72-4.28–3.17 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.58-4.15–3.1 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.84-4.37–2.84 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.44-3.99–3.3 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.48-4.09–3.31 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.71-4.34–3.08 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.64-4.32–3.16 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.72-4.33–3.23 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.61-4.19–3.26 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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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St. Helena in numbers
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