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How many babies are born in Saint Martin (French part)?

287 babies born in Saint Martin (French part) in 2026 — 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 221st largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Saint Martin (French part) through history

19502026
Estimated annual births in Saint Martin (French part), 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Saint Martin (French part)'s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1950 142 2.98K 47.7 UN estimate
2000 779 30K 26.0 UN estimate
2024 393 26.1K 15.0 UN projection
2026 287 23.9K 12.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Saint Martin (French part) are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1990, at about 907. That is roughly 2.0 times the estimated ~142 births a year in 1950.

At 2.59 children per woman, fertility in Saint Martin (French part) is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.