Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Jamestown
- Region
- Africa, Western Africa
- Population
- 7,460
- Area
- 410 km²
- Currency
- Saint Helena pound (SHP), Pound sterling (GBP)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +290
- Internet domain
- .sh, .ac
- ISO codes
- SH, SHN, 654
- Time zone
- UTC
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- STHL 1ZZ (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha covers about 410 square kilometres. By area it ranks 209th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Heard Island and McDonald Islands and a little larger than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 16° south, 6° west, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 7,460 people live in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 233rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 18 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: English. A person from Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is called Saint Helenian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Saint Helena pound (code SHP, symbol £). It is also the main currency of South Georgia. Also listed as used here: Pound sterling (GBP).
Time
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha uses one time zone, UTC (Atlantic/St Helena). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Jamestown | 637 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.