How many people live in Saint Martin right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
23,607
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 223 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0003%
- Median age
- 43.9 years
- Children per woman
- 2.59
- Life expectancy
- 80.8 years
- People per km²
- 451
According to UN estimates, about 23,607 people live in Saint Martin right now. It ranks 223rd out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Caribbean Netherlands and Palau, and it is home to one in every 353,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 290 people are born there and about 250 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 1,000 people a year. More people are born than die, but emigration makes the population shrink. Overall, it loses about 1,000 people a year.
In 1950, about 2,984 people lived there. Today there are 7.9 times as many. It peaked in 2014, at about 37,450, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 18,795 people (20% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 20,004.
Half of its people are younger than 44 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.59 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 81 years (worldwide, 74). There are 451 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Saint Martin in 2026?
- Saint Martin has about 23,607 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 23,898.
- How many people are born each day in Saint Martin?
- Very few: about 290 a year. About 250 people die each year.
- Is the population of Saint Martin growing?
- No: it shrinks by 4.16% a year, or about 1,000 people.
- What will the population of Saint Martin be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 18,795.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Marshall Islands 34,723
- San Marino 33,616
- Caribbean Netherlands 32,072
- Palau 17,598
- Anguilla 14,835
- Cook Islands 12,701
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,804
- Brazil 213,783,617
- Mexico 133,319,905
- Colombia 54,089,703
- Argentina 46,051,068
- Canada 40,567,081
- Peru 35,027,450
- Venezuela 28,673,199
- Chile 19,971,251
- Guatemala 19,055,603
- Ecuador 18,493,717
- Bolivia 12,801,731
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.