Environment - current issues: NA
Geography - note: harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns
Saint Helena People
Population: 7,266 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.08% (male 699; female 687)
15-64 years: 71.72% (male 2,711; female 2,500)
65 years and over: 9.2% (male 286; female 383) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.72% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 13.49 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 6.33 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)