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:Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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{{Historical populations

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|footnote = Source:{{cite web | title=Census Report For 2021-2022 | website=NIA - Nevis Island Administration | date=June 28, 2024 | url=https://nia.gov.kn/document/census-report-for-2021-2022/ | ref={{sfnref|NIA - Nevis Island Administration|2024}} | access-date=April 16, 2025}}

|title = Census population and average annual growth rate

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|1871 | 39872

|1881 | 41001

|1891 | 43981

|1901 | 42556

|1911 | 39498

|1921 | 33974

|1946 | 41206

|1960 | 51023

|1970 | 44884

|1980 | 43291

|1991 | 40618

|2001 | 46325

|2011 | 47195

|2022 | 51320

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Demographics of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Population

According to the 2001 census the combined population of Saint Kitts and Nevis was 46,325 (compared to 40,613 in 1991), of which 35,217 were in Saint Kitts and 11,108 in Nevis.{{cite web |title=2000 Round of Population and Housing Census Sub-Project: National Census Report: St Kitts and Nevis |url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Kitts.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205005511/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Kitts.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2018 |access-date=30 August 2017 |website=Caricomstats.org}}

The population of St Kitts and Nevis in 2011 was 46,398.{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.caribank.org/uploads/2014/12/CGA-St-Kitts-Nevis_Vol-I_JULY2014_FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719184913/http://www.caribank.org/uploads/2014/12/CGA-St-Kitts-Nevis_Vol-I_JULY2014_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2017-07-19 |access-date=2018-10-14}} The estimated population of {{UN_Population|Year}} is {{UN_Population|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} ({{UN_Population|source}}).

Vital statistics

Image:Saint Kitts and Nevis demo.png, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.|none]]

{{cite web|url=http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/KN.pdf|title=Demographic Profile: St Kitts and Nevis|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831043733/http://caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/KN.pdf|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
! width="70pt"|Average population {{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations : Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.unorg|access-date=30 August 2017}}

! width="70pt"|Live births

! width="70pt"|Deaths

! width="70pt"|Natural change

! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)

! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)

! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)

! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate

1967

| 47,000

|style="color: blue"|1,502

445style="color: blue"|1,057

|style="color: blue"|31.7

9.4style="color: blue"|22.3
1968

| 46,000

|1,348

443905

|29.1

9.519.5
1969

| 46,000

|1,226

414812

|26.9

9.117.8
1970

| 45,000

|1,156

488668

|25.8

10.914.9
1971

| 44,000

|1,107

439668

|24.9

9.915.0
1972

| 44,000

|1,236

style="color: red" | 541695

|27.9

style="color: red"|12.215.7
1973

| 44,000

|1,186

525661

|26.8

11.814.9
1974

| 44,000

|1,143

510633

|25.8

11.514.3
1975

| 44,000

|1,099

427672

|24.8

9.615.2
1976

| 44,000

|1,320

476844

|29.9

10.819.1
1977

| 44,000

|1,212

502710

|27.6

11.416.2
1978

| 44,000

|1,059

466593

|24.2

10.713.6
1979

| 43,000

|1,211

529682

|27.9

12.215.7
1980

| 43,000

|1,170

493677

|27.1

11.415.7
1981

| 43,000

|1,138

450688

|26.5

10.516.0
1982

| 43,000

|1,307

503804

|30.6

11.818.8
1983

| 43,000

|1,093

478615

|25.7

11.214.5
1984

| 42,000

|1,115

481634

|26.4

11.415.0
1985

| 42,000

|1,026

441585

|24.4

10.513.9
1986

| 42,000

|1,007

461546

|24.2

11.113.1
1987

| 41,000

| 947

462485

|22.9

11.211.7
1988

| 41,000

| 944

465479

|23.0

11.311.7
1989

| 41,000

| 989

484505

|24.2

11.812.4
1990

| 41,000

| 966

452514

|23.7

11.112.6
1991

| 41,000

| 915

397518

|22.3

9.712.6
1992

| 41,000

| 841

386455

|20.3

9.311.0
1993

| 42,000

| 849

391458

|20.3

9.310.9
1994

| 42,000

| 909

400509

|21.5

9.412.0
1995

| 43,000

| 797

385412

|18.6

9.09.6
1996

| 43,000

| 833

472361

|19.2

10.98.3
1997

| 44,000

| 875

393482

|19.9

9.011.0
1998

| 44,000

| 865

390475

|19.5

8.810.7
1999

| 45,000

| 864

418446

|19.2

9.39.9
2000

| 46,000

| 838

357481

|18.4

7.810.6
2001

| 46,000

| 803

352451

|17.4

7.69.8
2002

| 47,000

|

|
2003

| 48,000

|

|
2004

| 48,000

|

|
2005

| 49,350

|668

362302

|13.5

7.36.2

|13.5

2006

| 49,990

|662

373289

|13.2

7.55.8

|21.1

2007

| 50,640

|690

356334

|13.6

7.06.6

|20.3

2008

| 51,300

|709

376333

|13.8

7.36.5

|14.1

2009

| 51,970

|749

353396

|14.4

6.87.6

|20.0

2010

|style="color: blue"|52,650

|656

346310

|13.9

style="color: blue" |6.6|18.3
2011

| 46,398

| 666

372294

|14.1

8.04.5

|12.0

2012

|

| 637

336301

|13.4

7.26.5

|9.4

2013

|

|546

348198

|11.5

7.54.3

|18.3

2014

|

| 642

411231

|13.4

8.94.9

|21.8

2015

|

| 632

|13.1|
2016

|

| 676

402274

|14.0

|
2017

| 48,614

| 648

376272

|13.3

7.75.6

|17.0

2018

| 48,857

| 593

407186

|12.1

8.33.8

|27.0

2019

| 49,101

| 594

366228

|12.1

7.54.6

|16.8

2020

| 49,347

| 632

377255

|12.8

7.65.2

|12.7

2021

| 49,593

| 617

454163

|12.4

9.23.2

|14.6

2022

| 49,841

| 500

style="color: blue" | 46238

|10.0

9.30.7

|12.0

2023

| 50,090

|style="color: red"| 481

482style="color: red" | -1

|style="color: red"| 9.6

9.6style="color: red" | -0.0

|8.3

Age Structure

class="wikitable"
width="80pt"|Age Group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80pt"|Female

! width="80pt"|Total

! width="80pt"|%

align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 25 000

| align="right" | 26 320

| align="right" | 51 320

| align="right" | 100

align="right" | 0–4

| align="right" | 1 407

| align="right" | 1 398

| align="right" | 2 805

| align="right" | 5.47

align="right" | 5–9

| align="right" | 1 686

| align="right" | 1 668

| align="right" | 3 354

| align="right" | 6.54

align="right" | 10–14

| align="right" | 1 866

| align="right" | 1 715

| align="right" | 3 581

| align="right" | 6.98

align="right" | 15–19

| align="right" | 1 735

| align="right" | 1 633

| align="right" | 3 368

| align="right" | 6.56

align="right" | 20–24

| align="right" | 1 954

| align="right" | 2 088

| align="right" | 4 042

| align="right" | 7.88

align="right" | 25–29

| align="right" | 2 047

| align="right" | 2 369

| align="right" | 4 416

| align="right" | 8.60

align="right" | 30–34

| align="right" | 1 960

| align="right" | 2 208

| align="right" | 4 168

| align="right" | 8.12

align="right" | 35–39

| align="right" | 1 900

| align="right" | 2 096

| align="right" | 3 996

| align="right" | 7.79

align="right" | 40–44

| align="right" | 1 789

| align="right" | 1 941

| align="right" | 3 730

| align="right" | 7.29

align="right" | 45–49

| align="right" | 1 680

| align="right" | 1 853

| align="right" | 3 533

| align="right" | 6.88

align="right" | 50–54

| align="right" | 1 650

| align="right" | 1 659

| align="right" | 3 309

| align="right" | 6.45

align="right" | 55–59

| align="right" | 1 561

| align="right" | 1 613

| align="right" | 3 174

| align="right" | 6.18

align="right" | 60–64

| align="right" | 1 359

| align="right" | 1 423

| align="right" | 2 782

| align="right" | 5.42

align="right" | 65–69

| align="right" | 1 091

| align="right" | 1 102

| align="right" | 2 193

| align="right" | 4.27

align="right" | 70–74

| align="right" | 619

| align="right" | 586

| align="right" | 1 205

| align="right" | 2.35

align="right" | 75–79

| align="right" | 354

| align="right" | 415

| align="right" | 769

| align="right" | 1.50

align="right" | 80–84

| align="right" | 208

| align="right" | 276

| align="right" | 484

| align="right" | 0.94

align="right" | 85–89

| align="right" | 82

| align="right" | 166

| align="right" | 248

| align="right" | 0.48

align="right" | 90–94

| align="right" | 39

| align="right" | 86

| align="right" | 125

| align="right" | 0.24

align="right" | 95–99

| align="right" | 11

| align="right" | 19

| align="right" | 30

| align="right" | 0.06

align="right" | 100+

| align="right" | 2

| align="right" | 6

| align="right" | 8

| align="right" | 0.02

width="50"|Age group

! width="80pt"|Male

! width="80"|Female

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

align="right" | 0–14

| align="right" | 4 959

| align="right" | 4 781

| align="right" | 9 740

| align="right" | 18.98

align="right" | 15–64

| align="right" | 17 635

| align="right" | 18 883

| align="right" | 36 518

| align="right" | 71.16

align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 2 406

| align="right" | 2 656

| align="right" | 5 062

| align="right" | 9.86

Ethnic groups

The population of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is predominantly African (92.7%) or mixed (2.2%). 2.2% of the population is white and 1% East Indian. In 2001, sixteen people belonged to the Amerindian population (0.03% of the total population). The remaining 0.7% of the population includes people from the Middle East (0.05%) and Chinese (0.09%).

Languages

English is the country's sole official language, but the main spoken language is Saint Kitts Creole English.{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/KN/languages|title=Saint Kitts and Nevis|website=Ethnologue.com|access-date=30 August 2017}}

Religion

{{Religion by Country}}

According to the 2011 census, 17% of the population is Anglican, 16% Methodist, 11% Pentecostal, 7% Church of God, 6% Roman Catholic, 5% each Baptist, Moravian, Seventh-day Adventist, and Wesleyan Holiness, 4% "Other", and 2% each Brethren, evangelical Christian, and Hindu.{{Cite web |title=US State Dept 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Saint Kitts and Nevis |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20U.S.%20government,the%20population%20does%20not%20specify. |website=}}

The previous census showed that other religious groups included the Rastafarian Movement (1.6% of the population), Muslims (0.3%), Hinduism (0.8%), and the Baháʼí Faith (0.04%).

In 2023, Saint Kitts and Nevis was scored 4 out of 4 for religious freedom.[https://freedomhouse.org/country/st-kitts-and-nevis/freedom-world/2023 Freedom House website, Saint Kitts and Nevis, retrieved 2024-01-04]

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.stats.gov.kn/}} – Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis Department of Statistics.
  • [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/st-kitts-and-nevis/ Saint Kitts and Nevis profile] – Caribbean Community Statistics

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