This compares with a figure of 4,257 recorded in 2008 and a figure of 5,157 recorded in 1998.
The fall between 1998 and 2008 can be explained mostly by emigration, especially since 2002 when the islanders were granted full British citizenship.
On 21 May 2002 they were granted access to full British citizenship by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, and there is a special Saint Helena passport issued to them. ==Saint Helena== Saint Helena is the most populous part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
The fall between 1998 and 2008 can be explained mostly by emigration, especially since 2002 when the islanders were granted full British citizenship.
This compares with a figure of 4,257 recorded in 2008 and a figure of 5,157 recorded in 1998.
The fall between 1998 and 2008 can be explained mostly by emigration, especially since 2002 when the islanders were granted full British citizenship.
The island is a single electoral area, sending twelve representatives to the Legislative Council. ==CIA World Factbook demographic statistics== The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. ===Population=== NB: the following [CIA] figures represent the whole territory, including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. By 2010 estimates, per one thousand population: the birth rate is 10.95 births, and the death rate is 6.91 deaths.
In the same year, it was estimated that the rate of population growth was 0.404%. The median age for 2010 is 38.2 years.
The following tables describe age structure and [sex ratio], as estimated for 2010. Births and deaths The total fertility rate for 2010 is estimated at 1.56 children born per woman. ===Ethnicity=== According to the CIA World Factbook, 50% of the population of Saint Helena Island are African Saint Helenians, while Chinese Saint Helenians and White Saint Helenians make up 25% each.
Helena are literate under this definition by the same estimates. ===Health=== By 2010 estimates, life expectancy at birth for the total population is 78.6 years (for males it is 75.68; for females it is 81.67).
The population density, based on the 2016 figure, is 37.3 persons per km2, or 95.3 per sq mile. ==Districts of Saint Helena== The island of Saint Helena is administratively divided into eight districts, each with a community centre.
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