Population:
7,502
note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are
inhabited (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.8% (male 717/female 692)
15-64 years: 71.2% (male 2,751/female 2,593)
65 years and over: 10% (male 342/female 407) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 36 years
male: 36.2 years
female: 35.8 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.56% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
12.13 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
6.53 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.93 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 80.98 years (2006 est.)