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Population in Sanibel

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 155 of 243 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
People · Sanibel Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 8 figures
Latest value · 2025 6,303 −1.2% since 2024
Towns of Florida · 2025 155 of 243 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 −4.6% −0.2% a year on average
share of Lee County 0.72% Lee County: 875,607 · 2025
Population, 2010 – 2025 people
−4.6% since 2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Sanibel 6,303
Lee County 876K
Florida 23M
United States 342M
World 8.2B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Sanibel · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 6,303 · 2025
First value 6,460 · 2010
Highest 6,638 · 2016
Lowest 6,303 · 2025
Average change −0.2% a year on average
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearSanibelChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 6,303 −1.2% 876K 23M 342M 8.2B
2024 6,378 −0.9% 862K 23M 340M 8.1B
2023 6,435 −1.6% 846K 23M 337M 8.1B
2022 6,542 +1.5% 828K 22M 334M 8B
2021 6,443 +0.9% 791K 22M 332M 7.9B
2020 6,388 −0.9% 766K 22M 332M 7.9B
2019 6,445 −1.6% 748K 21M — 7.8B
2018 6,548 −1.2% 734K 21M — 7.7B
2017 6,629 −0.1% 722K 21M — 7.6B
2016 6,638 +0.4% 707K 21M — 7.5B
2015 6,610 +1.0% 687K 20M — 7.4B
2014 6,542 +0.5% 667K 20M — 7.4B
2013 6,511 +0.6% 652K 20M — 7.3B
2012 6,472 +0.2% 639K 19M — 7.2B
2011 6,456 −0.1% 628K 19M — 7.1B
2010 6,460 620K 19M — 7B

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation
226 Anna Maria 989
196 Apalachicola 2,360
115 Atlantic Beach 13,361
204 Atlantis 2,112
63 Aventura 39,298
188 Bal Harbour 3,018
219 Baldwin 1,388
157 Bay Harbor Islands 5,776
238 Bell 515
103 Belle Glade 16,764
171 Belleair 4,334
213 Belleair Beach 1,627
197 Belleair Bluffs 2,309
184 Biscayne Park 3,046
19 Boca Raton 98,851
47 Bonita Springs 54,930
30 Boynton Beach 80,123
45 Bradenton 56,369
229 Bradenton Beach 915
224 Bronson 1,174
134 Brooksville 9,121
179 Bunnell 3,448
214 Callahan 1,558
118 Callaway 13,140
131 Cape Canaveral 9,974
…
62 Royal Palm Beach 39,525
101 Safety Harbor 17,030
221 San Antonio 1,350
151 Sanibel 6,443
46 Sarasota 56,287
128 Satellite Beach 11,297
237 Sea Ranch Lakes 536
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2021

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.