Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — Population
Population, Total for Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 1960–2025.
Population for Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 43,923 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2,715 in 1960 (about 16.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.38% per year.
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 206 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Sint Maarten (Dutch part) sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 17%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 40 of 42 economies; British Virgin Islands (39,732) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 10% in 1983. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 216th of 216 in 1960 → 213th of 216 in 1970 → 210th of 216 in 1980 → 209th of 217 in 1990 → 209th of 217 in 2000 → 209th of 217 in 2010 → 208th of 217 in 2020 → 206th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43,923 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 43,350 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 42,749 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 42,139 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 41,571 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 41,008 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 40,385 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 39,712 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 38,996 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 38,249 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 37,471 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 36,672 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 35,854 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 35,023 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 34,267 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 33,794 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 33,491 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 33,145 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 32,791 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 32,428 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 32,057 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 31,690 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 31,327 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 30,960 | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 30,726 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 30,773 | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 30,977 | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 31,193 | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 31,404 | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 31,598 | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 31,772 | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 31,917 | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 32,026 | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 31,567 | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 30,046 | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 28,061 | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 26,169 | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 24,357 | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 22,617 | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 20,930 | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 19,291 | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 17,694 | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 16,133 | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 14,607 | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 13,302 | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 12,410 | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 11,723 | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 11,039 | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 10,364 | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 9,716 | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 9,094 | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 8,492 | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 7,917 | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 7,380 | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 6,888 | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 6,414 | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 5,948 | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 5,500 | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 5,071 | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 4,664 | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 4,282 | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 3,922 | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 3,584 | +9.8% |
| 1962 | 3,264 | +9.9% |
| 1961 | 2,970 | +9.4% |
| 1960 | 2,715 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Sint Maarten (Dutch part)’s Population in 1961?
2,970 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Sint Maarten (Dutch part)’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1517.8% in total — about 4.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 43,923; 2024: 43,350; 2023: 42,749; 2022: 42,139; 2021: 41,571. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.