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Saint Kitts and Nevis population

Saint Kitts and Nevis population now

47,006

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 45,247–48,703.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 46,758

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 46,987; 95% range, 31 Dec: 45,247–48,703
Median age: 37.5
Aged 65+: 12.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 20 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

KNA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Saint Kitts and Nevis in numbers

Saint Kitts and Nevis had 46,758 people in mid-2023, the 212th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is about as many as in 1950 (47,232).

Its population peaked in 1960 at 55,810 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 30,239 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 4,162 to 377 thousand.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2030 and staying above them from then on. Deaths also outnumbered births in 2021.

The median age was 22.2 in 1950 and 36.4 in 2023; the projection has 50.2 in 2100. 10.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 30.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2017 at 33,873; in 2023 it was 33,186.

Among countries it ranks 212th in 2023, 214th in 2050 and 219th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes American Samoa in 2024. It is overtaken by the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2026, Sint Maarten in 2032 and Gibraltar in 2037.

Population, mid-2023: 46,758
Rank by population, 2023: 212 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.10% · +48 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 180
Land area, 2023: 260 km²
Births, 2023: 549
Deaths, 2023: 466
Net migration, 2023: 0
Children per woman, 2023: 1.50
Median age, 2023: 36.4 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 72.1 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 47,232
Projected, mid-2050: 44,250
Projected, mid-2100: 30,239

KNA · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1950–2100

Saint Kitts and Nevis: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	46,707		2,339	733	6.38	54.8
1951	estimate	47,757		2,333	735	6.46	55.2
1952	estimate	48,860		2,339	734	6.57	55.7
1953	estimate	49,919		2,347	733	6.70	56.0
1954	estimate	50,967		2,362	738	6.83	56.3
1955	estimate	51,718		2,353	745	6.96	56.4
1956	estimate	52,550		2,410	767	7.09	56.4
1957	estimate	53,399		2,498	791	7.26	56.4
1958	estimate	54,243		2,539	811	7.26	56.4
1959	estimate	55,045		2,477	816	6.95	56.5
1960	estimate	55,893		2,380	817	6.54	56.8
1961	estimate	55,727		2,255	789	6.27	57.3
1962	estimate	54,940		2,120	748	6.06	57.8
1963	estimate	53,981		2,072	713	6.12	58.4
1964	estimate	52,902		1,984	678	6.08	59.0
1965	estimate	51,750		1,876	648	6.01	59.6
1966	estimate	50,529		1,724	620	5.78	60.1
1967	estimate	49,268		1,549	598	5.46	60.5
1968	estimate	47,941		1,390	578	5.17	60.8
1969	estimate	46,548		1,268	561	4.97	61.1
1970	estimate	44,914		1,153	542	4.73	61.4
1971	estimate	44,299		1,145	530	4.51	61.7
1972	estimate	44,113		1,141	523	4.16	62.1
1973	estimate	43,953		1,164	518	3.97	62.5
1974	estimate	43,806		1,185	515	3.81	62.9
1975	estimate	43,670		1,203	514	3.67	63.2
1976	estimate	43,543		1,218	515	3.59	63.5
1977	estimate	43,421		1,214	517	3.48	63.7
1978	estimate	43,294		1,174	519	3.29	64.0
1979	estimate	43,140		1,167	524	3.23	64.2
1980	estimate	42,926		1,184	531	3.26	64.4
1981	estimate	42,774		1,213	529	3.30	64.6
1982	estimate	42,622		1,191	519	3.17	64.9
1983	estimate	42,442		1,174	510	3.10	65.1
1984	estimate	42,226		1,098	501	2.88	65.3
1985	estimate	42,000		1,070	495	2.82	65.5
1986	estimate	41,749		1,010	491	2.68	65.5
1987	estimate	41,488		976	490	2.62	65.5
1988	estimate	41,208		962	491	2.62	65.5
1989	estimate	40,915		967	491	2.69	65.5
1990	estimate	40,601		958	488	2.73	65.6
1991	estimate	40,263		892	480	2.60	66.0
1992	estimate	40,453		839	469	2.43	66.3
1993	estimate	40,976		833	461	2.38	66.7
1994	estimate	41,507		824	454	2.31	67.0
1995	estimate	42,046		833	450	2.30	67.2
1996	estimate	42,606		826	447	2.26	67.5
1997	estimate	43,148		848	443	2.30	67.8
1998	estimate	43,708		858	444	2.31	67.9
1999	estimate	44,287		845	431	2.26	68.7
2000	estimate	44,915		802	426	2.13	69.3
2001	estimate	45,580		791	422	2.08	69.8
2002	estimate	45,941		780	414	2.04	70.2
2003	estimate	46,100		774	405	2.00	70.6
2004	estimate	46,253		765	399	1.96	70.9
2005	estimate	46,376		758	397	1.93	71.2
2006	estimate	46,498		751	397	1.90	71.4
2007	estimate	46,639		742	401	1.87	71.4
2008	estimate	46,772		730	408	1.83	71.5
2009	estimate	46,898		717	416	1.80	71.5
2010	estimate	46,935		700	427	1.76	71.5
2011	estimate	46,758		689	439	1.74	71.4
2012	estimate	47,013		679	433	1.71	71.4
2013	estimate	47,053		666	438	1.68	71.3
2014	estimate	47,085		657	444	1.67	71.2
2015	estimate	47,093		647	450	1.64	71.2
2016	estimate	47,082		641	455	1.63	71.2
2017	estimate	47,067		629	460	1.61	71.3
2018	estimate	47,034		616	466	1.59	71.3
2019	estimate	46,983		604	469	1.57	71.5
2020	estimate	46,920		589	492	1.55	71.2
2021	estimate	46,820		574	593	1.53	69.3
2022	estimate	46,706		559	545	1.51	70.3
2023	estimate	46,713		549	466	1.50	72.1
2024	estimate	46,803		550	467	1.53	72.3
2025	projection	46,883	46,397–47,348	538	470	1.51	72.4
2026	projection	46,960	45,915–47,997	528	473	1.50	72.6
2027	projection	47,023	45,247–48,703	519	478	1.49	72.7
2028	projection	47,084	44,619–49,522	510	483	1.49	72.9
2029	projection	47,104	43,759–50,413	501	489	1.49	73.0
2030	projection	47,129	42,881–51,408	492	496	1.48	73.2
2031	projection	47,139	41,960–52,600	485	504	1.48	73.3
2032	projection	47,123	41,115–53,775	479	512	1.48	73.5
2033	projection	47,088	39,980–54,954	474	520	1.48	73.6
2034	projection	47,049	39,065–56,205	469	528	1.48	73.8
2035	projection	46,977	38,209–57,690	465	536	1.48	73.9
2036	projection	46,880	37,354–59,556	460	544	1.48	74.1
2037	projection	46,770	36,175–60,843	456	552	1.49	74.2
2038	projection	46,660	35,054–62,836	451	560	1.49	74.4
2039	projection	46,537	34,072–64,332	446	567	1.49	74.5
2040	projection	46,389	33,051–66,265	440	574	1.49	74.7
2041	projection	46,237	32,294–67,746	436	581	1.49	74.8
2042	projection	46,074	30,968–69,550	431	587	1.50	75.0
2043	projection	45,892	29,849–71,691	427	593	1.50	75.1
2044	projection	45,677	28,773–73,530	422	598	1.50	75.3
2045	projection	45,476	27,526–75,630	418	602	1.50	75.4
2046	projection	45,259	26,640–78,020	413	606	1.50	75.5
2047	projection	45,042	25,749–79,807	409	608	1.50	75.7
2048	projection	44,808	24,658–81,858	405	610	1.50	75.9
2049	projection	44,590	23,666–84,283	401	612	1.50	76.0
2050	projection	44,373	22,808–86,679	396	614	1.50	76.2
2051	projection	44,126	21,899–89,712	392	615	1.50	76.3
2052	projection	43,869	21,239–92,342	387	615	1.51	76.5
2053	projection	43,610	20,497–94,238	382	616	1.51	76.6
2054	projection	43,341	19,608–96,752	377	616	1.51	76.8
2055	projection	43,074	18,947–99,208	373	616	1.51	76.9
2056	projection	42,790	18,186–103,014	368	617	1.51	77.0
2057	projection	42,526	17,366–106,713	363	617	1.51	77.2
2058	projection	42,242	16,438–110,338	358	617	1.51	77.3
2059	projection	41,952	15,980–113,817	353	617	1.51	77.5
2060	projection	41,672	15,324–117,923	349	618	1.52	77.6
2061	projection	41,410	14,754–121,373	345	618	1.52	77.8
2062	projection	41,145	14,144–125,581	342	618	1.52	77.9
2063	projection	40,871	13,564–129,540	339	619	1.53	78.1
2064	projection	40,597	13,117–133,298	335	620	1.53	78.2
2065	projection	40,312	12,441–137,979	332	620	1.53	78.3
2066	projection	40,016	11,883–143,636	329	620	1.53	78.5
2067	projection	39,723	11,504–149,145	325	621	1.53	78.6
2068	projection	39,422	10,966–154,978	322	620	1.53	78.8
2069	projection	39,118	10,738–160,109	319	620	1.53	78.9
2070	projection	38,822	10,126–166,565	317	620	1.53	79.0
2071	projection	38,512	9,726–173,527	314	619	1.53	79.2
2072	projection	38,205	9,105–179,844	311	618	1.54	79.3
2073	projection	37,895	8,881–186,091	308	616	1.54	79.5
2074	projection	37,599	8,397–191,053	305	614	1.53	79.6
2075	projection	37,281	8,011–196,853	302	611	1.54	79.7
2076	projection	36,971	7,764–202,573	300	608	1.54	79.9
2077	projection	36,658	7,391–205,922	297	604	1.54	80.0
2078	projection	36,354	6,940–213,219	294	599	1.54	80.2
2079	projection	36,043	6,622–219,139	292	595	1.54	80.3
2080	projection	35,739	6,524–223,369	290	590	1.54	80.4
2081	projection	35,444	6,084–229,366	287	584	1.55	80.6
2082	projection	35,144	5,887–234,580	285	579	1.55	80.7
2083	projection	34,856	5,723–242,772	282	573	1.55	80.8
2084	projection	34,560	5,609–252,112	279	567	1.55	81.0
2085	projection	34,271	5,282–259,469	277	562	1.55	81.1
2086	projection	33,994	5,320–264,953	274	556	1.55	81.2
2087	projection	33,702	5,031–270,952	271	549	1.55	81.4
2088	projection	33,432	4,650–278,243	269	543	1.55	81.5
2089	projection	33,148	4,756–283,749	266	537	1.55	81.6
2090	projection	32,881	4,834–294,430	263	531	1.55	81.8
2091	projection	32,616	4,813–306,583	261	526	1.55	81.9
2092	projection	32,357	4,416–317,163	259	520	1.55	82.0
2093	projection	32,090	4,546–321,944	256	514	1.56	82.2
2094	projection	31,835	4,307–326,758	254	509	1.56	82.3
2095	projection	31,583	4,232–330,982	252	504	1.56	82.4
2096	projection	31,331	4,266–336,918	250	498	1.56	82.5
2097	projection	31,081	4,138–346,412	247	493	1.56	82.7
2098	projection	30,841	3,992–361,087	246	488	1.56	82.8
2099	projection	30,597	4,079–365,619	243	483	1.56	82.9
2100	projection	30,353	4,162–376,659	241	479	1.56	83.0

Show the numbers: Saint Kitts and Nevis, mid-2026, by single year of age

Saint Kitts and Nevis: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	268	260
1	273	264
2	276	266
3	278	268
4	284	274
5	289	280
6	292	286
7	294	290
8	296	294
9	298	298
10	298	300
11	298	302
12	298	304
13	300	306
14	302	308
15	235	250
16	217	235
17	287	304
18	310	336
19	304	342
20	292	327
21	284	308
22	285	304
23	292	317
24	303	328
25	322	346
26	342	368
27	350	377
28	345	374
29	334	368
30	329	370
31	332	370
32	332	372
33	330	374
34	348	371
35	377	374
36	386	384
37	377	402
38	372	417
39	373	420
40	372	416
41	359	406
42	344	394
43	332	392
44	325	396
45	321	392
46	315	376
47	310	344
48	306	320
49	312	326
50	322	333
51	317	322
52	306	310
53	294	314
54	284	326
55	280	326
56	278	304
57	273	280
58	272	276
59	279	290
60	282	313
61	278	310
62	272	288
63	264	272
64	246	270
65	233	279
66	232	292
67	224	296
68	212	281
69	199	251
70	182	224
71	166	200
72	156	170
73	141	150
74	116	139
75	95	122
76	81	98
77	72	78
78	62	70
79	52	68
80	44	64
81	39	59
82	34	54
83	29	49
84	24	42
85	21	35
86	17	30
87	14	28
88	11	24
89	10	21
90	8	18
91	6	16
92	5	13
93	4	10
94	3	8
95	2	7
96	2	5
97	1	3
98	1	2
99	0	2
100+	0	2

KNA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Saint Kitts and Nevis, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

KNA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2016: 33,869 people aged 15–64, against 33,184 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

26 children

15 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 41 years: 2005–2045.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

KNA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Saint Kitts and Nevis loses 39 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 15–19, at 10 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1 person a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 291 (2000), and a loss of 2,465 (1964).

In 2024, 7,958 people living in Saint Kitts and Nevis had been born in another country, 17 of every 100 people there, against 8 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

KNA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Of every 100 babies born in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 73 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 68 · 16

2023
11 · 73 · 16

2050 · projected
8 · 74 · 18

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 549
Average age when women have a baby: 27.6 years; 27.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 35; 182 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Saint Kitts and Nevis by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	7	13	0	0	0	0
15–19	356	448	147	57	31	4
20–24	624	369	226	151	93	24
25–29	558	181	180	129	95	67
30–34	411	106	146	123	104	85
35–39	279	60	82	71	57	48
40–44	97	24	21	18	15	12
45–49	7	2	0	0	1	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	2,339	1,203	802	549	396	241

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

KNA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Saint Kitts and Nevis

At the end of 2025, Saint Kitts and Nevis was hosting 5 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.1 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad5
Saint Kitts and Nevis nationals abroad100

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Saint Kitts and Nevis living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 56 people from Saint Kitts and Nevis asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

KNA · of every 100 people

How people live in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Of every 100 people in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2025, 42 lived in a town or suburb and 58 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 23.1 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

KNA · cities · 2025

Cities in Saint Kitts and Nevis

No place in Saint Kitts and Nevis is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Saint Kitts and Nevis are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.