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Saint Helena has a small population of several thousand inhabitants, mainly descended from people from the British Isles, Scandinavia and Western and Southern Africa. The CIA statistics on countries states the island is: African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%. In recent decades, many have migrated to the Falkland Islands or to the United Kingdom. According to the statistics in the 2005 yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, Saint Helena has the largest proportion of Jehovah's Witnesses of any country or territory in the world: one person in twenty-nine (a total of 250 or so people).

Tristan da Cunha has a population of about three hundred inhabitants of mainly British descent. Christianity is the main religion, with the largest denominations being Anglican and Roman Catholic.

Ascension Island has no native inhabitants officially. A transient population of approximately 3,000 live on the Island, made up mainly of members of the American and British militaries, supporting civilian contractors who serve on the joint Anglo-American airbase, and members of their families (a few of whom were born on the island).

The citizens of Saint Helena and its Dependencies hold British Overseas Territories citizenship. On 21 May 2002 they were granted access to full British citizenship by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002. Also see British nationality law.

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.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

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.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

76.83 years

male:

73.95 years

female:

79.85 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.53 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:
noun:

Saint Helenian(s)

adjective:

Saint Helenian

Ethnic groups: African descent, white

Religions: Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholic

Languages: English

Literacy:
definition:

age 20 and over can read and write

total population:

97%

male:

97%

female:

98% (1987 est.)

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