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St. Kitts and Nevis — Population
Population, Total for St. Kitts and Nevis, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
46,922
Population, Total · people · -15.9% since 1960
Population for St. Kitts and Nevis was 46,922 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 55,810 in 1960. The lowest was 40,358 in 1991 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.27% per year.
St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 203 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so St. Kitts and Nevis sits below it. It peaked in 1960 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
46,922
First (1960)
55,810
Change
-15.9%
Highest
55,810
in 1960
Lowest
40,358
in 1991
Average
45,546
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.27%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 46,922 |
| 2024 | 46,843 |
| 2023 | 46,758 |
| 2022 | 46,709 |
| 2021 | 46,763 |
| 2020 | 46,870 |
| 2019 | 46,952 |
| 2018 | 47,008 |
| 2017 | 47,050 |
| 2016 | 47,075 |
| 2015 | 47,087 |
| 2014 | 47,089 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.