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Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Tanzania statistics compared

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Saint Kitts and Nevis has a population of 46.8K (ranked 189/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Saint Kitts and Nevis' land area is 100.4 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 189th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 188/197 ($1.07B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 55/197 ($22,771), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Main facts and rankings

Saint Kitts Tanzania
Population
46977
72166806
Population rank 189/197 20/197
GDP
$1.07B
2024
$78.8B
2024
GDP rank 188/197 82/197
GDP per capita
$22,771
2024
$1,149
2024
GDP per capita rank 55/197 170/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$35,545
2024
$4,221
2024
Government debt
$557M
2024
$38B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.2%
2025
47.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$11,885
2024
$554
2024
Government debt per person rank 46/185 163/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,293
2025
$2,745
2025
Land area
100.4 sq mi
2025
342,009 sq mi
2025
Population density
467 ppl/mi²
2024
200.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
4.61
2023
Median age
36.8 years
2024
18.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.4 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania economies compared

GDP
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year GDP
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1960 $12,366,636 $2,651,729,807
1961 $12,483,302 $2,826,179,031
1962 $12,541,635 $3,101,589,993
1963 $12,833,301 $3,456,579,293
1964 $13,416,633 $3,748,840,925
1965 $13,593,932 $3,817,226,546
1966 $14,469,078 $4,377,998,825
1967 $16,742,338 $4,565,132,048
1968 $14,600,000 $4,895,251,824
1969 $15,850,000 $5,142,066,811
1970 $16,300,000 $2,851,419,386
1971 $19,624,746 $3,050,673,517
1972 $22,944,849 $3,472,787,266
1973 $24,196,018 $4,144,104,535
1974 $31,514,856 $4,977,337,978
1975 $33,364,055 $5,729,917,840
1976 $30,095,602 $6,472,511,988
1977 $44,496,296 $7,732,598,995
1978 $49,433,333 $9,261,675,710
1979 $58,840,741 $9,804,637,491
1980 $68,459,259 $11,409,228,087
1981 $80,888,889 $13,161,540,378
1982 $86,022,222 $13,927,383,240
1983 $86,874,074 $14,049,883,809
1984 $98,603,704 $12,906,635,133
1985 $111,007,407 $15,328,295,175
1986 $130,685,185 $10,840,864,521
1987 $147,748,148 $7,824,193,222
1988 $172,692,593 $7,406,614,407
1989 $192,518,519 $6,418,799,007
1990 $217,259,259 $6,184,384,225
1991 $220,540,741 $7,197,768,159
1992 $242,137,037 $6,681,997,469
1993 $263,755,556 $6,182,872,708
1994 $295,159,259 $6,550,480,484
1995 $313,485,185 $7,631,431,840
1996 $333,944,444 $9,433,528,150
1997 $374,641,308 $11,158,197,942
1998 $383,257,331 $12,172,790,056
1999 $406,595,484 $12,704,334,196
2000 $421,695,770 $13,371,767,082
2001 $458,643,829 $13,563,990,022
2002 $481,077,374 $14,129,651,896
2003 $469,869,870 $15,211,487,709
2004 $506,900,000 $16,673,062,473
2005 $547,203,704 $18,395,383,647
2006 $644,414,815 $18,619,859,795
2007 $689,285,185 $21,860,434,823
2008 $777,692,593 $27,947,821,398
2009 $774,274,074 $29,400,573,554
2010 $778,718,519 $32,012,892,919
2011 $836,092,593 $34,657,140,096
2012 $824,585,185 $39,650,394,363
2013 $874,548,148 $45,648,857,242
2014 $952,111,111 $49,986,726,461
2015 $957,222,222 $47,413,919,817
2016 $1,006,818,519 $49,774,409,374
2017 $1,056,977,778 $53,274,884,533
2018 $1,076,548,148 $57,003,712,892
2019 $1,107,855,556 $61,026,731,926
2020 $883,922,222 $66,068,737,786
2021 $858,622,222 $70,655,628,148
2022 $980,188,889 $75,769,974,505
2023 $1,056,751,852 $79,062,403,837
2024 $1,066,681,481 $78,779,864,877

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year GDP per capita
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1960 $221.6 $267.8
1961 $225.6 $277.4
1962 $230.3 $295.7
1963 $240.1 $320
1964 $256.4 $337
1965 $265.8 $333
1966 $290 $370
1967 $344 $374
1968 $309 $388
1969 $347 $394
1970 $365 $211.3
1971 $444 $218.4
1972 $521 $239.8
1973 $551 $276.1
1974 $721 $320
1975 $765 $355
1976 $692 $387
1977 $1,026 $446
1978 $1,144 $515
1979 $1,367 $527
1980 $1,598 $595
1981 $1,894 $665
1982 $2,023 $683
1983 $2,052 $667
1984 $2,341 $593
1985 $2,651 $681
1986 $3,140 $466
1987 $3,573 $326
1988 $4,206 $299
1989 $4,723 $252.3
1990 $5,373 $236.9
1991 $5,465 $268.8
1992 $5,947 $243.4
1993 $6,395 $218.2
1994 $7,065 $222.5
1995 $7,406 $251.2
1996 $7,788 $305
1997 $8,627 $353
1998 $8,711 $375
1999 $9,116 $382
2000 $9,320 $390
2001 $10,023 $385
2002 $10,454 $391
2003 $10,176 $410
2004 $10,945 $438
2005 $11,784 $469
2006 $13,838 $462
2007 $14,758 $528
2008 $16,605 $657
2009 $16,503 $674
2010 $16,623 $715
2011 $17,832 $753
2012 $17,532 $837
2013 $18,580 $935
2014 $20,219 $993
2015 $20,329 $911
2016 $21,388 $925
2017 $22,465 $957
2018 $22,901 $992
2019 $23,595 $1,031
2020 $18,859 $1,084
2021 $18,361 $1,125
2022 $20,985 $1,171
2023 $22,600 $1,187
2024 $22,771 $1,149

Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year Life expectancy, years
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1950 54.8 41
1951 55.2 41.2
1952 55.7 41.4
1953 56 41.5
1954 56.3 41.7
1955 56.4 41.8
1956 56.4 42
1957 56.4 42.1
1958 56.4 42.3
1959 56.6 42.5
1960 56.8 42.6
1961 57.3 42.8
1962 57.8 43.2
1963 58.4 43.6
1964 59 44.1
1965 59.6 44.5
1966 60.1 44.9
1967 60.4 45.2
1968 60.8 45.6
1969 61.1 46
1970 61.4 46.5
1971 61.7 47
1972 62.1 47.4
1973 62.5 47.9
1974 62.9 48.4
1975 63.2 48.9
1976 63.5 49.5
1977 63.7 50
1978 64 50.4
1979 64.2 50.8
1980 64.4 51.3
1981 64.6 51.7
1982 64.9 52
1983 65.1 52.2
1984 65.3 52.2
1985 65.5 52.2
1986 65.6 52.2
1987 65.5 52.2
1988 65.5 52.2
1989 65.4 52.1
1990 65.6 52
1991 66 51.8
1992 66.3 51.4
1993 66.7 51.2
1994 67 51.1
1995 67.2 51
1996 67.5 51.1
1997 67.8 51.2
1998 67.9 51.8
1999 68.7 52.4
2000 69.2 53.2
2001 69.8 54.1
2002 70.2 54.9
2003 70.6 55.9
2004 70.9 56.8
2005 71.2 57.7
2006 71.4 58.5
2007 71.4 59.3
2008 71.5 59.9
2009 71.5 60.5
2010 71.5 61.1
2011 71.4 61.6
2012 71.4 62.3
2013 71.3 62.8
2014 71.2 63.4
2015 71.2 63.9
2016 71.2 64.4
2017 71.3 65
2018 71.3 65.5
2019 71.5 66
2020 71.2 66.8
2021 69.3 66.1
2022 70.3 66.9
2023 72.1 67
2024 72.3 67.2
2025 72.4 67.4

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year Population
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1960 55,810 9,901,419
1961 55,334 10,187,886
1962 54,461 10,487,756
1963 53,441 10,799,528
1964 52,326 11,127,826
1965 51,139 11,470,728
1966 49,898 11,827,459
1967 48,605 12,200,109
1968 47,245 12,602,076
1969 45,731 13,036,700
1970 44,606 13,492,677
1971 44,206 13,971,451
1972 44,033 14,479,308
1973 43,880 15,010,101
1974 43,738 15,561,630
1975 43,606 16,138,361
1976 43,482 16,736,211
1977 43,358 17,352,929
1978 43,217 17,976,566
1979 43,033 18,592,038
1980 42,850 19,189,769
1981 42,698 19,784,703
1982 42,532 20,398,571
1983 42,334 21,079,874
1984 42,113 21,779,066
1985 41,874 22,501,693
1986 41,618 23,258,959
1987 41,348 24,030,378
1988 41,062 24,769,686
1989 40,758 25,438,759
1990 40,432 26,110,207
1991 40,358 26,780,436
1992 40,715 27,457,588
1993 41,242 28,332,692
1994 41,776 29,442,356
1995 42,326 30,383,497
1996 42,877 30,945,762
1997 43,428 31,578,089
1998 43,998 32,420,458
1999 44,601 33,300,330
2000 45,248 34,260,139
2001 45,761 35,198,299
2002 46,020 36,121,304
2003 46,176 37,089,555
2004 46,315 38,109,668
2005 46,437 39,182,076
2006 46,569 40,294,902
2007 46,706 41,435,512
2008 46,835 42,570,728
2009 46,916 43,633,982
2010 46,846 44,758,488
2011 46,886 46,029,367
2012 47,033 47,374,260
2013 47,069 48,824,128
2014 47,089 50,351,512
2015 47,087 52,020,962
2016 47,075 53,824,013
2017 47,050 55,652,890
2018 47,008 57,437,145
2019 46,952 59,174,891
2020 46,870 60,972,798
2021 46,763 62,830,412
2022 46,709 64,711,821
2023 46,758 66,617,606
2024 46,843 68,560,157

Fertility rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania

Fertility rate
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year Fertility rate
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1960 6.54 6.54
1961 6.27 6.56
1962 6.06 6.61
1963 6.12 6.65
1964 6.08 6.68
1965 6.01 6.73
1966 5.78 6.8
1967 5.46 6.86
1968 5.17 6.9
1969 4.97 6.95
1970 4.73 7
1971 4.51 7.04
1972 4.16 7.05
1973 3.97 7.06
1974 3.81 7.12
1975 3.68 7.1
1976 3.59 7.09
1977 3.48 7.07
1978 3.29 7.06
1979 3.23 7.04
1980 3.26 6.99
1981 3.3 6.93
1982 3.18 6.87
1983 3.1 6.81
1984 2.88 6.72
1985 2.82 6.6
1986 2.68 6.49
1987 2.62 6.41
1988 2.62 6.38
1989 2.69 6.3
1990 2.73 6.2
1991 2.6 6.14
1992 2.43 6.08
1993 2.38 6
1994 2.31 5.89
1995 2.3 5.82
1996 2.26 5.83
1997 2.3 5.84
1998 2.31 5.81
1999 2.26 5.75
2000 2.13 5.67
2001 2.08 5.62
2002 2.04 5.57
2003 2 5.58
2004 1.96 5.6
2005 1.93 5.58
2006 1.9 5.51
2007 1.87 5.4
2008 1.83 5.32
2009 1.8 5.26
2010 1.76 5.23
2011 1.74 5.14
2012 1.71 5.14
2013 1.68 5.16
2014 1.67 5.12
2015 1.64 5.03
2016 1.63 5.01
2017 1.61 4.99
2018 1.59 4.93
2019 1.57 4.87
2020 1.55 4.8
2021 1.53 4.73
2022 1.51 4.67
2023 1.51 4.61

Saint Kitts and Nevis and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tanzania
Year Median age, years
Saint Kitts Tanzania
1960 17.5 17.4
1961 17.4 17.4
1962 17.4 17.4
1963 17.3 17.4
1964 17.3 17.4
1965 17.1 17.3
1966 16.9 17.2
1967 16.6 17.2
1968 16.4 17.1
1969 16.1 17.1
1970 16.3 17.1
1971 16.8 17
1972 17.3 17
1973 17.7 17
1974 18.1 16.9
1975 18.5 16.9
1976 18.9 16.8
1977 19.2 16.8
1978 19.5 16.7
1979 19.8 16.6
1980 20.1 16.5
1981 20.5 16.4
1982 21 16.3
1983 21.4 16.2
1984 21.8 16.2
1985 22.2 16.3
1986 22.5 16.4
1987 22.8 16.5
1988 23 16.6
1989 23.2 16.6
1990 23.3 16.7
1991 23.5 16.7
1992 23.7 16.8
1993 24.1 17
1994 24.4 17.3
1995 24.7 17.4
1996 25.1 17.4
1997 25.5 17.3
1998 25.9 17.3
1999 26.3 17.4
2000 26.7 17.4
2001 27 17.5
2002 27.4 17.5
2003 27.7 17.4
2004 28.1 17.4
2005 28.5 17.4
2006 28.9 17.4
2007 29.3 17.3
2008 29.6 17.3
2009 30 17.2
2010 30.6 17.2
2011 31.1 17.2
2012 31.5 17.3
2013 31.9 17.3
2014 32.3 17.4
2015 32.8 17.5
2016 33.3 17.6
2017 33.8 17.8
2018 34.2 17.9
2019 34.7 17.9
2020 35.2 18
2021 35.6 18.1
2022 36 18.2
2023 36.4 18.3
2024 36.8 18.4

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Finance

Saint Kitts Tanzania
GNI, Atlas method
$1.04B
2024
$80B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41%
2025
19.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.5%
2023
3.16%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.15%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
28,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-8.54%
2025
-2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.12%
2001
1.79%
2020
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
28.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.1%
2024
28.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
62
2025
59.3
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
33.1%
2018
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.9%
2018
Number of billionaires
0
2025
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0%
2025
0.000003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
22
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$7.32B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$295M
2024
$5.05B
2018
Personal remittances received
$36.4M
2024
$750M
2024
International tourist arrivals
301,399
2020
1,527,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
61.8%
2018
27.2%
2019
Banked people share n/a
59.8%
2024

Energy

Saint Kitts Tanzania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,777 kg
2007
405 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12
2007
$9.09
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.12 megatons
2023
19.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.54 tons
2023
0.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
23.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.5%
2022
78.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
123.5 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.53%
2021
39.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
29.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
48.3%
2023

Society

Saint Kitts Tanzania
% of world population
0.0006%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-7
2024
-29,865
2024
Urban population
31.2%
2024
38.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.48 ft
2025
Average female height
5.34 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
37.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
60
2025
41
2024
Higher education index
13
2025
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
23.1
2022
3.71
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2
2025
31.1
2019
Visa free countries
148
2025
76
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2003
78.2%
2022
English speaking
78%
2023
9.89%
2023
People using the Internet
76.4%
2023
29.1%
2023

Health

Saint Kitts Tanzania
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,160
2022
$35.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$502
2022
$10.2
2022
Life expectancy
72.4 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
38.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.03
2018
0.13
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
74
2023
276
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.3
2023
38.9
2023
Obesity rate
46.7%
2022
13%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.8%
2024
9.8%
2024
Air quality index
85
2025
37
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
9.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.69 liters
2020
11 liters
2020

Territory

Saint Kitts Tanzania
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.59%
2025
Land area per capita
2,143 sq mi
2024
4,988 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
23.2 sq mi
2025
152,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
42.5 sq mi
2025
171,190 sq mi
2025
Roads length
238 mi
2002
90,225 mi
2022

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