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Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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In 1815, the British sent Napoleon Bonaparte into exile on Saint Helena, after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. The island was Napoleon’s home until his death in 1821. In 1854, France bought Longwood House, Napoleon’s final residence, from the British and turned it into a museum. The museum’s collection includes a few pieces of the house's original furniture, souvenirs of the emperor, and works of art about his life.
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Geography

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People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

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Net migration rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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