10 September 2024
The St Helena Statistics Office has released new provisional estimates of the number of people on St Helena by age, sex, residency and nationality, and the number of births and deaths.
At the end of July 2024 there were an estimated 4,103 people on the island, a decrease of 36 from the end of June, when there were an estimated 4,139. Of the people on the island, an estimated 3,979 people were residents, and 124 were visitors. This compares to an estimated 4,028 residents on the island at the end of June, and 4,045 residents on the island a year ago, at the end of July 2023.
Compared to a year ago at the end of July 2023 there has been a decrease in the number of resident children on-island (0-14 years) and those of roughly working age (15-64 years), by 38 and 54 respectively, but an increase of the number of those 65 and over, by 26. As a result the Old Aged Dependency Ratio of the resident on-island population (the number of those 65 and over compared to those of roughly working age) has increased to 48.8 at the end of July 2024, compared to July 2023 when it was estimated to be 46.6.
The chart illustrates the estimated St Helenian resident population at the end of July 2024 by five-year age groups and sex. The age group with the smallest number of St Helenians is 20-24 (122), followed closely by 0-4 (123); the age group with the most is 60-64, with 337 people.
A data file with monthly population estimates to the end of July 2024 can be downloaded here. The file includes population totals by age, sex, residency and nationality, and the number of arrivals, departures, births, and deaths.