Saint Helena — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Saint Helena had an estimated population of 5,110 in 2005, with 11 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Saint Helena today — population now 5,147, against 5,110 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 5,110 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 5,543 | 5,147 | -7% |
The two sources differ by 8% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half Tree Hollow | Saint Helena | 830 | 1,034 now |
| 2 | Longwood | Saint Helena | 701 | 765 now |
| 3 | Saint Pauls | Saint Helena | 658 | — |
| 4 | Jamestown | Saint Helena | 637 | 637 now |
| 5 | Georgetown | Ascension | 538 | — |
| 6 | Levelwood | Saint Helena | 275 | — |
| 7 | Edinburgh | Tristan da Cunha | 271 | — |
| 8 | Alarm Forest | Saint Helena | 206 | — |
| 9 | Sandy Bay | Saint Helena | 187 | — |
| 10 | Blue Hill | Saint Helena | 130 | — |
| 11 | Gough Island | Gough Island | 4 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Helena | 3,800 |
| 2 | Ascension | 1,035 |
| 3 | Tristan da Cunha | 271 |
| 4 | Gough Island | 4 |
| 5 | Inaccessible Island | 0 |
| 6 | Nightingale Islands | 0 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.