The current population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is 46,977 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 46,843 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Saint Kitts and Nevis is ranked 189/197 by population and was ranked 190th in 2005.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis' population peaked in 1960 at 55.8K people and has been in decline since.
- The UN estimates that Saint Kitts and Nevis' population is going to decline by -5.8% to 44.3K people by 2050.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 46.4K people to 47K (1.16% growth in 20 years).
- Saint Kitts and Nevis accounts for 0.0006% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Saint Kitts and Nevis has had an average growth rate of 0.06% per year.
Saint Kitts and Nevis population clock
Saint Kitts
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
46977
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 189/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.0006% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.29 days
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
16 hours
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
18.8 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +85 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.18% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 154/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.86 months
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -7 | N/A |
Saint Kitts and Nevis population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 55,810 | - |
| 1961 | 55,334 | -0.85% |
| 1962 | 54,461 | -1.58% |
| 1963 | 53,441 | -1.87% |
| 1964 | 52,326 | -2.09% |
| 1965 | 51,139 | -2.27% |
| 1966 | 49,898 | -2.43% |
| 1967 | 48,605 | -2.59% |
| 1968 | 47,245 | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 45,731 | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 44,606 | -2.46% |
| 1971 | 44,206 | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 44,033 | -0.39% |
| 1973 | 43,880 | -0.35% |
| 1974 | 43,738 | -0.32% |
| 1975 | 43,606 | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 43,482 | -0.28% |
| 1977 | 43,358 | -0.29% |
| 1978 | 43,217 | -0.33% |
| 1979 | 43,033 | -0.43% |
| 1980 | 42,850 | -0.43% |
| 1981 | 42,698 | -0.35% |
| 1982 | 42,532 | -0.39% |
| 1983 | 42,334 | -0.47% |
| 1984 | 42,113 | -0.52% |
| 1985 | 41,874 | -0.57% |
| 1986 | 41,618 | -0.61% |
| 1987 | 41,348 | -0.65% |
| 1988 | 41,062 | -0.69% |
| 1989 | 40,758 | -0.74% |
| 1990 | 40,432 | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 40,358 | -0.18% |
| 1992 | 40,715 | 0.88% |
| 1993 | 41,242 | 1.29% |
| 1994 | 41,776 | 1.29% |
| 1995 | 42,326 | 1.32% |
| 1996 | 42,877 | 1.3% |
| 1997 | 43,428 | 1.29% |
| 1998 | 43,998 | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 44,601 | 1.37% |
| 2000 | 45,248 | 1.45% |
| 2001 | 45,761 | 1.13% |
| 2002 | 46,020 | 0.57% |
| 2003 | 46,176 | 0.34% |
| 2004 | 46,315 | 0.3% |
| 2005 | 46,437 | 0.26% |
| 2006 | 46,569 | 0.28% |
| 2007 | 46,706 | 0.29% |
| 2008 | 46,835 | 0.28% |
| 2009 | 46,916 | 0.17% |
| 2010 | 46,846 | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 46,886 | 0.09% |
| 2012 | 47,033 | 0.31% |
| 2013 | 47,069 | 0.08% |
| 2014 | 47,089 | 0.04% |
| 2015 | 47,087 | -0.004% |
| 2016 | 47,075 | -0.03% |
| 2017 | 47,050 | -0.05% |
| 2018 | 47,008 | -0.09% |
| 2019 | 46,952 | -0.12% |
| 2020 | 46,870 | -0.17% |
| 2021 | 46,763 | -0.23% |
| 2022 | 46,709 | -0.12% |
| 2023 | 46,758 | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 46,843 | 0.18% |
| 2025 | 46,920 | 0.17% |
| 2026 | 46,992 | 0.15% |
| 2027 | 47,049 | 0.12% |
| 2028 | 47,093 | 0.09% |
| 2029 | 47,112 | 0.04% |
| 2030 | 47,132 | 0.04% |
| 2031 | 47,125 | -0.01% |
| 2032 | 47,105 | -0.04% |
| 2033 | 47,066 | -0.08% |
| 2034 | 47,007 | -0.13% |
| 2035 | 46,930 | -0.16% |
| 2036 | 46,825 | -0.23% |
| 2037 | 46,717 | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 46,594 | -0.26% |
| 2039 | 46,463 | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 46,315 | -0.32% |
| 2041 | 46,154 | -0.35% |
| 2042 | 45,983 | -0.37% |
| 2043 | 45,783 | -0.43% |
| 2044 | 45,579 | -0.45% |
| 2045 | 45,362 | -0.48% |
| 2046 | 45,147 | -0.47% |
| 2047 | 44,925 | -0.49% |
| 2048 | 44,699 | -0.51% |
| 2049 | 44,478 | -0.49% |
| 2050 | 44,251 | -0.51% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis has a population of 47K as of 2025, compared to 47.1K in 2015, 46.4K in 2005, and 42.3K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.02% per year. Saint Kitts and Nevis is ranked 169th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Saint Kitts and Nevis will have 45,362 people (-3.44% decline) and still will be ranked 189th.
By the year 2100, Saint Kitts and Nevis' population is projected to decline by 35.6% to 30.2K people.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis population statistics
|
Saint Kitts
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 72.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 37.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 36.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 467 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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