Demographic profile
Saint Helena is the 224th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.0% of everyone alive. Within Western Africa, it ranks 16 of 16.
Each day brings roughly 0 births and 0 deaths, leaving the population essentially flat. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Literacy stands near 55.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 8.0%, with life expectancy at about 76.8 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Saint Helena in 2026? Approximately 8,209 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Saint Helena growing? About 2.7% per year — roughly 0 births and 0 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Saint Helena? Around 0.0% — ranked 224 worldwide by population.