Demographics of Antarctica

Antarctica has no permanent residents, and contains research stations and field camps that are staffed seasonally or year-round, and former whaling settlements.[1] The largest station, McMurdo Station, has a summer population of about 1,000 people and a winter population of about 200.[2] Approximately 12 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, send personnel to perform seasonal (summer) or year-round research on the continent and in its surrounding oceans.

Children, adolescents and teachers of the school of Esperanza Base.

The population of people doing and supporting scientific research on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty)[3] varies from approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research are present in the waters of the treaty region.

At least 11 children have been born in Antarctica. The first was Emilio Marcos Palma, born on 7 January 1978 to Argentine parents at Esperanza, Hope Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula.[4] The first girl born in the Antarctic Continent was Marisa De Las Nieves Delgado, born on May 27, 1978. The birth occurred at Fortín Sargento Cabral, Base Esperanza (Argentine Army) to parents Nestor Arturo Delgado and Juana Pabla Benitez, both Argentines from the province of Salta in northwest Argentina. At least 8 live births were recorded at Esperanza Base between 1978 and 1983. In 1984, Juan Pablo Camacho was born at the Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, becoming the first Chilean born in Antarctica. Soon after, a girl, Gisella, was born at the same station. In 2001, National Geographic reported that eight children had been born at Esperanza alone.

Nation Summer
(January)
population
3,687 total
(1998–99)		 Winter
(July)
population
964 total

(1998–99)

 Year-round
Stations
42 total
(1998–99)		 Summer-only
Stations
32 total
(1998–99)
Argentina30216567
Australia2017544
Belgium13   
Brazil80121 
Bulgaria16  1
Chile35212947
China70332 
Finland11 1 
France100331 
Germany51911
India602511
Italy106 1 
Japan1364013
South Korea14141 
Netherlands10   
New Zealand601011
Norway30611
Peru28  1
Poland70201 
Romania2011  
Russia25410263
South Africa80101-
Spain43 1 
Sweden20  2
Ukraine  1 
United Kingdom19239 25
United States1,378248 3 
Uruguay  1 

See also

References
  1. Cool Antarctica: Who lives in Antarctica? Archived January 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. NSF: McMurdo Station
  3. "ATS - The Antarctic Treaty". www.ats.aq. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. "Born Freezing: Meet Antarctica's First Citizen - WebEcoist". webecoist.com. 15 February 2011.
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