Saint Kitts and Nevis vs South Sudan Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Saint Kitts and Nevis vs South Sudan

Table

Year	Median age
	Saint Kitts	South Sudan
1960	17.5	18.6
1961	17.4	18.5
1962	17.4	18.5
1963	17.3	18.4
1964	17.3	18.4
1965	17.1	18.3
1966	16.9	18.3
1967	16.6	18.2
1968	16.4	18
1969	16.1	17.9
1970	16.3	17.7
1971	16.8	17.6
1972	17.3	17.5
1973	17.7	17.5
1974	18.1	17.4
1975	18.5	17.4
1976	18.9	17.3
1977	19.2	17.2
1978	19.5	17.2
1979	19.8	17.1
1980	20.1	17.1
1981	20.5	17
1982	21	16.9
1983	21.4	16.8
1984	21.8	16.8
1985	22.2	16.7
1986	22.5	16.6
1987	22.8	16.5
1988	23	16.8
1989	23.2	17.1
1990	23.3	17
1991	23.5	17
1992	23.7	17
1993	24.1	16.9
1994	24.4	16.9
1995	24.7	16.9
1996	25.1	16.9
1997	25.5	16.9
1998	25.9	17
1999	26.3	17.1
2000	26.7	17.2
2001	27	17.3
2002	27.4	17.3
2003	27.7	17.3
2004	28.1	17.4
2005	28.5	17.6
2006	28.9	17.8
2007	29.3	18
2008	29.6	18.2
2009	30	18.4
2010	30.6	18.7
2011	31.1	19
2012	31.5	19.2
2013	31.9	19.3
2014	32.3	19
2015	32.8	18.6
2016	33.3	18.2
2017	33.8	17.4
2018	34.2	17.3
2019	34.7	17.8
2020	35.2	18.2
2021	35.6	18.4
2022	36	18.7
2023	36.4	19
2024	36.8	19.4
2025	37.2	19.7
2026	37.5	20
2027	37.9	20.4
2028	38.3	20.7
2029	38.7	21.1
2030	39.1	21.4
2031	39.4	21.7
2032	39.8	22.1
2033	40.1	22.4
2034	40.4	22.7
2035	40.8	23
2036	41.1	23.4
2037	41.4	23.7
2038	41.7	23.9
2039	42.1	24.2
2040	42.4	24.3
2041	42.7	24.5
2042	43.1	24.7
2043	43.4	24.8
2044	43.7	24.9
2045	44	25.1
2046	44.2	25.3
2047	44.4	25.4
2048	44.6	25.6
2049	44.8	25.8
2050	44.9	26

In 1960, the median age in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 17.5 years compared to 18.6 years in South Sudan. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 36.8 years in Saint Kitts and Nevis and to 19.4 years in South Sudan.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Saint Kitts and Nevis is expected to increased to around 44.9 years by 2050 compared to 26 years in South Sudan. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Saint Kitts		South Sudan
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.03%	2.94%	6.55%	6.38%
5-9	3.17%	3.17%	6.08%	5.96%
10-14	2.89%	3%	7.05%	6.91%
15-19	3.17%	3.46%	6.39%	6.29%
20-24	3.31%	3.56%	5.13%	5.07%
25-29	3.62%	3.96%	3.29%	3.27%
30-34	3.8%	4%	2.52%	2.67%
35-39	3.98%	4.41%	2.16%	2.42%
40-44	3.53%	4.18%	2.5%	2.81%
45-49	3.39%	3.54%	2.29%	2.58%
50-54	3.15%	3.41%	1.82%	2.09%
55-59	3.06%	3.19%	1.28%	1.52%
60-64	2.81%	3.07%	0.9%	1.1%
65-69	2.27%	2.78%	0.6%	0.77%
70-74	1.42%	1.56%	0.35%	0.49%
75-79	0.69%	0.82%	0.19%	0.29%
80+	0.6%	1.08%	0.11%	0.2%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Saint Kitts and Nevis has low demographic potential with 47.1% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 73.6% and average potential in South Sudan.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Saint Kitts			South Sudan
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	102.6%	92.4%	10.2%	83.3%	78%	5.34%
1961	103.4%	93%	10.4%	83.2%	78%	5.25%
1962	104.2%	93.6%	10.6%	83.3%	78.1%	5.16%
1963	105.4%	94.4%	11%	83.6%	78.5%	5.05%
1964	106.9%	95.4%	11.5%	84.2%	79.2%	4.96%
1965	108.8%	96.8%	12%	84.9%	80%	4.89%
1966	111.1%	98.5%	12.6%	85.6%	80.8%	4.77%
1967	113.9%	100.6%	13.3%	86.2%	81.6%	4.65%
1968	116.9%	102.8%	14.1%	86.8%	82.3%	4.54%
1969	119.7%	104.7%	15%	87.4%	83%	4.44%
1970	118.6%	103.1%	15.5%	88%	83.6%	4.34%
1971	113.1%	97.6%	15.6%	88.5%	84.2%	4.29%
1972	107.4%	91.8%	15.6%	89%	84.7%	4.28%
1973	102.6%	86.9%	15.7%	89.5%	85.2%	4.3%
1974	98.4%	82.6%	15.8%	89.9%	85.6%	4.34%
1975	95.1%	79.1%	16%	90.4%	86%	4.38%
1976	92.5%	76.2%	16.2%	90.9%	86.4%	4.42%
1977	90.5%	73.9%	16.5%	91.4%	86.9%	4.47%
1978	89.1%	72.1%	16.9%	91.9%	87.4%	4.52%
1979	87.9%	70.6%	17.3%	92.5%	88%	4.56%
1980	86.4%	68.9%	17.5%	93.2%	88.6%	4.61%
1981	84.1%	66.7%	17.4%	93.8%	89.2%	4.65%
1982	81.9%	64.7%	17.2%	94.5%	89.8%	4.69%
1983	80.3%	63.2%	17.1%	95.1%	90.4%	4.73%
1984	79.2%	62.2%	17%	95.7%	91%	4.76%
1985	78.6%	61.5%	17%	96.3%	91.5%	4.79%
1986	78%	61%	17%	96.7%	91.9%	4.82%
1987	77.7%	60.7%	17%	97.3%	92.5%	4.85%
1988	77.6%	60.6%	17%	94.3%	89.7%	4.62%
1989	77.8%	60.7%	17.1%	91.1%	86.7%	4.42%
1990	78%	60.9%	17.1%	91.5%	87%	4.47%
1991	77.4%	60.4%	17%	91.6%	87.1%	4.51%
1992	75.1%	58.8%	16.4%	92%	87.5%	4.54%
1993	72.4%	56.8%	15.7%	92.6%	88.1%	4.57%
1994	69.9%	54.9%	15%	93%	88.4%	4.61%
1995	67.6%	53.1%	14.5%	93.3%	88.6%	4.66%
1996	65.4%	51.5%	13.9%	93.8%	89.1%	4.7%
1997	63.5%	50%	13.5%	94.1%	89.4%	4.74%
1998	61.8%	48.7%	13%	93.2%	88.6%	4.69%
1999	60.2%	47.6%	12.7%	92.3%	87.6%	4.65%
2000	58.9%	46.5%	12.4%	92%	87.3%	4.67%
2001	57.4%	45.3%	12.1%	92.2%	87.5%	4.7%
2002	55.4%	43.7%	11.7%	93%	88.2%	4.74%
2003	53.4%	42%	11.4%	93.7%	89%	4.78%
2004	51.5%	40.4%	11.2%	93.2%	88.5%	4.78%
2005	49.8%	38.9%	11%	91.7%	86.9%	4.76%
2006	48.4%	37.6%	10.8%	89.9%	85.2%	4.73%
2007	47.3%	36.6%	10.7%	88%	83.3%	4.71%
2008	46.5%	35.8%	10.7%	86.3%	81.6%	4.68%
2009	45.6%	34.9%	10.7%	84.9%	80.2%	4.67%
2010	44.4%	33.6%	10.8%	82.9%	78.2%	4.64%
2011	43.1%	32.4%	10.6%	80.9%	76.3%	4.61%
2012	42.1%	31.6%	10.5%	80.1%	75.5%	4.61%
2013	41.1%	30.6%	10.4%	79.9%	75.3%	4.62%
2014	40.1%	29.6%	10.5%	81.9%	77.2%	4.65%
2015	39.4%	28.8%	10.6%	83.9%	79.2%	4.66%
2016	39%	28.1%	10.9%	86.1%	81.4%	4.69%
2017	38.9%	27.6%	11.3%	90.7%	85.9%	4.81%
2018	39.1%	27.2%	11.9%	90.4%	85.5%	4.88%
2019	39.4%	26.9%	12.5%	85.8%	80.9%	4.88%
2020	39.9%	26.7%	13.2%	82.2%	77.3%	4.91%
2021	40.2%	26.4%	13.8%	79.8%	74.9%	4.97%
2022	40.5%	26.1%	14.4%	77.6%	72.6%	5.04%
2023	40.9%	25.8%	15.1%	74.7%	69.6%	5.09%
2024	41.7%	25.8%	15.9%	72.1%	67%	5.15%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Saint Kitts and Nevis decreased from 51.5% to 41.7% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Sudan, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 93.2% to 72.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Saint Kitts	South Sudan
1960	49.3%	54.6%
1961	49.2%	54.6%
1962	49%	54.6%
1963	48.7%	54.5%
1964	48.3%	54.3%
1965	47.9%	54.1%
1966	47.4%	53.9%
1967	46.7%	53.7%
1968	46.1%	53.5%
1969	45.5%	53.4%
1970	45.8%	53.2%
1971	46.9%	53.1%
1972	48.2%	52.9%
1973	49.4%	52.8%
1974	50.4%	52.7%
1975	51.3%	52.5%
1976	52%	52.4%
1977	52.5%	52.3%
1978	52.9%	52.1%
1979	53.2%	51.9%
1980	53.7%	51.8%
1981	54.3%	51.6%
1982	55%	51.4%
1983	55.5%	51.3%
1984	55.8%	51.1%
1985	56%	50.9%
1986	56.2%	50.8%
1987	56.3%	50.7%
1988	56.3%	51.5%
1989	56.3%	52.3%
1990	56.2%	52.2%
1991	56.4%	52.2%
1992	57.1%	52.1%
1993	58%	51.9%
1994	58.9%	51.8%
1995	59.7%	51.7%
1996	60.5%	51.6%
1997	61.2%	51.5%
1998	61.8%	51.7%
1999	62.4%	52%
2000	62.9%	52.1%
2001	63.5%	52%
2002	64.3%	51.8%
2003	65.2%	51.6%
2004	66%	51.7%
2005	66.7%	52.2%
2006	67.4%	52.7%
2007	67.9%	53.2%
2008	68.3%	53.7%
2009	68.7%	54.1%
2010	69.3%	54.7%
2011	69.9%	55.3%
2012	70.4%	55.5%
2013	70.9%	55.6%
2014	71.4%	55%
2015	71.7%	54.4%
2016	71.9%	53.7%
2017	72%	52.4%
2018	71.9%	52.5%
2019	71.7%	53.8%
2020	71.5%	54.9%
2021	71.3%	55.6%
2022	71.2%	56.3%
2023	71%	57.2%
2024	70.6%	58.1%
2025	69.9%	58.9%
2026	69.4%	59.8%
2027	69.3%	60.5%
2028	69.1%	61.1%
2029	68.9%	61.6%
2030	68.6%	61.8%
2031	68.4%	61.9%
2032	68.3%	61.9%
2033	68.3%	61.8%
2034	68.2%	61.7%
2035	68.1%	61.7%
2036	68%	61.6%
2037	67.9%	61.6%
2038	67.8%	61.6%
2039	67.7%	61.7%
2040	67.5%	61.7%
2041	67.3%	61.8%
2042	67.2%	62%
2043	67.1%	62.2%
2044	66.9%	62.4%
2045	66.7%	62.7%
2046	66.4%	63%
2047	66.1%	63.3%
2048	65.8%	63.6%
2049	65.5%	64%
2050	65.1%	64.4%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 66% to 70.6% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and from 51.7% to 58.1% in South Sudan.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Kitts	South Sudan
1960	45.6%	42.5%
1961	45.7%	42.6%
1962	45.8%	42.6%
1963	46%	42.8%
1964	46.1%	43%
1965	46.3%	43.3%
1966	46.6%	43.5%
1967	47%	43.8%
1968	47.4%	44%
1969	47.7%	44.3%
1970	47.2%	44.5%
1971	45.8%	44.7%
1972	44.3%	44.8%
1973	42.9%	45%
1974	41.6%	45.1%
1975	40.5%	45.2%
1976	39.6%	45.3%
1977	38.8%	45.4%
1978	38.2%	45.5%
1979	37.6%	45.7%
1980	36.9%	45.8%
1981	36.2%	46%
1982	35.6%	46.2%
1983	35.1%	46.3%
1984	34.7%	46.5%
1985	34.5%	46.6%
1986	34.3%	46.7%
1987	34.2%	46.9%
1988	34.1%	46.2%
1989	34.1%	45.4%
1990	34.2%	45.4%
1991	34.1%	45.5%
1992	33.6%	45.6%
1993	32.9%	45.7%
1994	32.3%	45.8%
1995	31.7%	45.8%
1996	31.1%	46%
1997	30.6%	46%
1998	30.1%	45.8%
1999	29.7%	45.6%
2000	29.3%	45.5%
2001	28.8%	45.5%
2002	28.1%	45.7%
2003	27.4%	45.9%
2004	26.6%	45.8%
2005	26%	45.3%
2006	25.3%	44.8%
2007	24.8%	44.3%
2008	24.4%	43.8%
2009	24%	43.4%
2010	23.3%	42.8%
2011	22.7%	42.2%
2012	22.2%	41.9%
2013	21.7%	41.9%
2014	21.1%	42.5%
2015	20.6%	43.1%
2016	20.2%	43.7%
2017	19.9%	45%
2018	19.6%	44.9%
2019	19.3%	43.6%
2020	19.1%	42.4%
2021	18.8%	41.6%
2022	18.6%	40.9%
2023	18.3%	39.9%
2024	18.2%	38.9%
2025	18.3%	38%
2026	18.4%	37.1%
2027	18.2%	36.2%
2028	17.9%	35.5%
2029	17.7%	35%
2030	17.5%	34.7%
2031	17.2%	34.5%
2032	17%	34.4%
2033	16.8%	34.3%
2034	16.5%	34.3%
2035	16.3%	34.2%
2036	16.1%	34.1%
2037	15.9%	34%
2038	15.7%	33.8%
2039	15.5%	33.7%
2040	15.4%	33.4%
2041	15.2%	33.2%
2042	15.1%	32.9%
2043	15%	32.5%
2044	14.8%	32.2%
2045	14.7%	31.8%
2046	14.6%	31.4%
2047	14.5%	31%
2048	14.5%	30.5%
2049	14.4%	30.1%
2050	14.3%	29.7%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 38.9% in South Sudan. Birth rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis compared to South Sudan .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Saint Kitts	South Sudan
1960	5.03%	2.91%
1961	5.1%	2.86%
1962	5.21%	2.81%
1963	5.36%	2.75%
1964	5.54%	2.69%
1965	5.75%	2.64%
1966	5.99%	2.57%
1967	6.24%	2.5%
1968	6.51%	2.43%
1969	6.82%	2.37%
1970	7.09%	2.31%
1971	7.31%	2.28%
1972	7.53%	2.26%
1973	7.76%	2.27%
1974	7.98%	2.28%
1975	8.21%	2.3%
1976	8.44%	2.32%
1977	8.69%	2.34%
1978	8.95%	2.35%
1979	9.22%	2.37%
1980	9.4%	2.39%
1981	9.46%	2.4%
1982	9.47%	2.41%
1983	9.48%	2.42%
1984	9.5%	2.43%
1985	9.54%	2.44%
1986	9.56%	2.45%
1987	9.57%	2.46%
1988	9.58%	2.38%
1989	9.61%	2.31%
1990	9.63%	2.33%
1991	9.56%	2.35%
1992	9.35%	2.37%
1993	9.09%	2.37%
1994	8.85%	2.39%
1995	8.63%	2.41%
1996	8.42%	2.43%
1997	8.23%	2.44%
1998	8.05%	2.43%
1999	7.91%	2.42%
2000	7.8%	2.43%
2001	7.68%	2.45%
2002	7.56%	2.46%
2003	7.45%	2.47%
2004	7.37%	2.47%
2005	7.31%	2.48%
2006	7.28%	2.49%
2007	7.27%	2.5%
2008	7.3%	2.51%
2009	7.37%	2.53%
2010	7.47%	2.54%
2011	7.44%	2.55%
2012	7.36%	2.56%
2013	7.4%	2.57%
2014	7.48%	2.56%
2015	7.62%	2.53%
2016	7.85%	2.52%
2017	8.15%	2.52%
2018	8.53%	2.56%
2019	8.96%	2.63%
2020	9.44%	2.69%
2021	9.87%	2.76%
2022	10.2%	2.84%
2023	10.7%	2.91%
2024	11.2%	2.99%
2025	11.7%	3.08%
2026	12.2%	3.16%
2027	12.6%	3.25%
2028	13%	3.34%
2029	13.4%	3.43%
2030	13.9%	3.52%
2031	14.3%	3.62%
2032	14.7%	3.73%
2033	15%	3.84%
2034	15.3%	3.96%
2035	15.6%	4.09%
2036	15.9%	4.23%
2037	16.2%	4.38%
2038	16.5%	4.53%
2039	16.8%	4.68%
2040	17.1%	4.84%
2041	17.4%	4.99%
2042	17.7%	5.14%
2043	18%	5.28%
2044	18.2%	5.41%
2045	18.6%	5.54%
2046	19%	5.65%
2047	19.4%	5.75%
2048	19.7%	5.82%
2049	20.1%	5.88%
2050	20.6%	5.91%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 11.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 2.99% in South Sudan. Life expectancy in Saint Kitts and Nevis compared to South Sudan .