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St Kitts and Nevis
Community
Area 261 square kilometres (land area 261 square kilometres)
St Kitts, 168 square kilometres; Nevis, 93 square kilometres.
Population,
46,243 (1946)
44,300 (1950)
51,200 (1960) +15.6%
44,900 (1970) -12.3%
43,200 (1980) -3.8%
40,260 (1990) -6.8%
44,074 (2000) +9.5%
49,016 (2010) +11.2%
53,200 (2020) +8.5%
Ethnicity, %,
|
|
Black |
Indian |
Mixed race |
White |
|
2000 |
90.4 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
1/0 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Anglican |
Christian Methodist |
Christian Pentecostalist |
Christian R C |
No Religion |
|
1990 |
36.0 |
32.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
|
2001 |
25.6 |
25.6 |
17.9 |
6.7 |
5.2 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
35.3 |
|
1950 |
|
37.0 (+23.0) |
86.0 |
14.0 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
36.0 (+25.0) |
|
11.0 |
|
|
27.6 |
|
1970 |
|
|
57.1 |
10.9 |
|
|
34.1 |
|
1980 |
3.4 |
28.0 (+16.8) |
41.1 |
11.2 |
|
|
35.9 |
|
1990 |
2.6 |
22.3 (+11.3) |
25.2 |
11.0 |
|
|
34.6 |
|
2000 |
2.4 |
19.0 (+9.6) |
19.0 |
9.4 |
|
|
32.8 |
|
2003 |
2.4 |
18.5 (+9.6) |
15.9 |
8.9 |
20.0 |
8.5 |
32.3 |
|
2010 |
1.8 |
14.1 (+7.0) |
12.0 |
7.1 |
22.8 |
7.6 |
31.8 |
|
2014 |
1.8 |
13.6 (+6.5) |
10.9 |
7.1 |
21.4 |
7.9 |
32.0 |
|
2015 |
|
|
10.9 |
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
2018 |
|
|
9.8 |
|
|
|
30.8 |
Life expectancy,
60.0 (1961); 58.0 (M), 61.9 (F)
64.0 (1980); 62.0 (M), 66.0 (F)
68.0 (1990); 66.0 (M), 70.0 (F)
69.9 (2000); 69.0 (M), 74.0 (F)
74.6 (2010); 72.3 (M), 77.0 (F)
75.3 (2014); 72.9 (M), 77.8 (F)
Population of islands and principal cities,
|
|
Nevis Is. 93.3 sq km |
St Kitts Is 176.1 sq km |
BASSETERRE1 |
Charlestown |
|
1901 |
|
|
9,962 |
1,050 |
|
1946 |
|
|
12,194 |
1,437 |
|
1960 |
|
|
15,726 |
|
|
1980 |
9,428 |
33,881 |
14,725 |
|
|
1991 |
8,794 |
31,824 |
|
|
|
1994 |
|
|
|
1,411 |
|
2001 |
11,181 |
34,930 |
13,220 |
1,820 |
|
2009 |
|
|
13,262 |
|
|
2011 |
11,108 |
34,983 |
13,000 |
1,500 |
1Basseterre (low ground) was founded in 1643.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
12 |
0.00 |
240 |
7.98 |
|
1965 |
14 |
0.00 |
276 |
7.21 |
|
1970 |
16 |
0.00 |
363 |
6.92 |
|
1975 |
30 |
0.00 |
753 |
9.63 |
|
1980 |
67 |
0.00 |
1,567 |
12.44 |
|
1985 |
106 |
0.00 |
2,524 |
13.82 |
|
1990 |
208 |
0.00 |
5,100 |
21.29 |
|
1995 |
300 |
0.00 |
7,000 |
23.28 |
|
2000 |
420 |
0.00 |
9,270 |
25.43 |
|
2005 |
543 |
0.00 |
11,200 |
25.28 |
|
2010 |
705 |
0.00 |
13,700 |
28.32 |
|
2015 |
876 |
0.00 |
16,150 |
28.73 |
|
2016 |
917 |
0.00 |
16,725 |
29.10 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1980 |
20.0 |
25.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
5.0 |
|
26.0 |
|
70.0 |
|
|
2010 |
3.5 |
|
25.8 |
|
70.7 |
|
|
2016 |
1.1 |
|
29.0 |
|
69.6 |
|
Communications
Language Official; English
Literacy
95.0% (1990); 95.0% (M), 95.0% (F)
98.0% (2000); 98.0% (M), 98.0% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways Length, km |
|
1980 |
200 |
|
|
|
|
58 |
|
1991 |
|
|
6,135 |
|
|
58 |
|
1996 |
250 |
|
|
5,220 |
2,300 |
58 |
|
2002 |
383 |
163 |
|
6,900 |
2,500 |
58 |
|
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
1980-1999, sugar cane railways. From 2002 onwards,� former sugar cane railways used as tourist attractions.
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasting began 1972
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1980 |
2,939 |
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
1983 |
|
|
21,000 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
9,712 |
|
|
9,500 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
17,000 |
|
28,000 |
10,000 |
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
2000 |
21,900 |
1,200 |
|
12,000 |
7,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
2004 |
|
10,000 |
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
2010 |
20,600 |
|
|
|
|
19,000 |
|
2016 |
17,433 |
76,600 |
|
|
|
39,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to St Kitts and Nevis,
32,585 (1980)
73,000 (1990)
79,000 (1995)
73,000 (2000)
141,000 (2005)
98,000 (2010)
122,000 (2015)
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