Population growth in Sint Maarten
From 1998 to 2019 the population of Sint Maarten increased from 31,240.00 to 40,733.00 people. This is a growth by 30.4 percent in 21 years. The highest increase in Sint Maarten was recorded in 2013 with 5.68%. The biggest decrease in 2011 with -1.82%.In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 28.9 percent.
Around 100% of the inhabitants live in the country's larger cities. This growing trend of urbanization is increasing by 0.2% annually.
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Population development in Sint Maarten since 1998
(Data given in 1000 inhabitants)| Year | Population Sint Maarten | Change | Birthrate | Deathrate | Population World | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 31,000 | -0.50 % | 6,035 M | 1.35 % | |||
| 2000 | 31,000 | -1.82 % | 6,115 M | 1.32 % | |||
| 2001 | 31,000 | 0.27 % | 6,194 M | 1.30 % | |||
| 2002 | 31,000 | 0.58 % | 6,274 M | 1.28 % | |||
| 2003 | 31,000 | 2.26 % | 6,353 M | 1.26 % | |||
| 2004 | 32,000 | 3.23 % | 6,432 M | 1.25 % | |||
| 2005 | 33,000 | 1.61 % | 12.8 ‰ | 3.4 ‰ | 6,513 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2006 | 33,000 | 1.30 % | 13.7 ‰ | 3.6 ‰ | 6,594 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2007 | 34,000 | 1.11 % | 11.7 ‰ | 3.2 ‰ | 6,675 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2008 | 34,000 | 0.45 % | 13.0 ‰ | 3.8 ‰ | 6,758 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2009 | 34,000 | 0.81 % | 12.5 ‰ | 3.1 ‰ | 6,841 M | 1.22 % | |
| 2010 | 34,000 | -0.53 % | 13.1 ‰ | 4.1 ‰ | 6,922 M | 1.19 % | |
| 2011 | 33,000 | -1.82 % | 12.9 ‰ | 5.1 ‰ | 7,003 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2012 | 35,000 | 3.60 % | 12.0 ‰ | 5.4 ‰ | 7,086 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2013 | 37,000 | 5.68 % | 14.0 ‰ | 4.7 ‰ | 7,170 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2014 | 38,000 | 2.94 % | 14.1 ‰ | 4.7 ‰ | 7,254 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2015 | 39,000 | 3.03 % | 5.4 ‰ | 7,339 M | 1.17 % | ||
| 2016 | 40,000 | 2.95 % | 4.1 ‰ | 7,424 M | 1.16 % | ||
| 2017 | 41,000 | 1.51 % | 9.0 ‰ | 4.2 ‰ | 7,509 M | 1.14 % | |
| 2018 | 41,000 | 0.20 % | 7,592 M | 1.10 % | |||
| 2019 | 41,000 | 0.19 % | 7,674 M | 1.08 % |
Birth- and deathrate in Sint Maarten
Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2017 in the graph: The population in Sint Maarten increased by about 610 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 4.2 per 1000 people (~ 170 deaths) and the birth rate was 9.0 per 1000 people (~ 360 births). As a result, around 420 inhabitants have to be added by migration from other countries.Over the past 10 years, the number of average deaths per year was 163 in Sint Maarten. The number of births was 446 annually.
The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.
Birthrate Deathrate