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Encyclopedia > Demographics of Saint Helena


Population: 3,800 (2005 est.)


Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 705; female 691)
15-64 years: 72% (male 2,691; female 2,472)
65 years and over: 9% (male 274; female 379) (2000 est.)


Population growth rate: 0.76% (2000 est.)


Birth rate: 13.73 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)


Death rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event. ...


Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ...


Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2000 est.)


Infant mortality rate: 23.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) For early system failures, see failure rate. ...


Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.83 years
male: 73.95 years
female: 79.85 years (2000 est.) Life expectancy is the most likely number of years remaining for a living being (or the average for a class of living beings) of a given age to live. ...


Total fertility rate: 1.53 children born/woman (2000 est.) Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. ...


Nationality:
noun: Saint Helenian(s)
adjective: Saint Helenian Nationality is, in English usage, the legal relationship between a person and a country. ...


Ethnic groups: African descent, white // Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


Religions: Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholic The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Baptist comes from the Greek word baptistès (to submerge), and the Latin baptista, and is in direct connection to the baptiser, John the Baptist. As a first name it is used in Europe from the 12th century also as Baptiste, Jan-Baptiste, Jean-Baptiste, John-Baptist. ... The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an evangelical Christian denomination that grew out of the prophetic Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...


Languages: English The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


Literacy:
definition: age 20 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1987 est.) Literacy is the ability to write. ...

See also : Saint Helena

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Saint Helena (1474 words)
Saint Helena is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Saint Helena is famous for being the place of exile of Napoleon Bonaparte between 1815 and his death in 1821.
Executive authority in Saint Helena is invested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of Saint Helena.
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