ACOG - Saint Kitts and Nevis  - IBM

Geography

Location: Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Area:
total area: 269 sq km
land area: 269 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 135 km


People

Population: 40,992 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 35% (female 7,072; male 7,430)
15-64 years: 57% (female 11,784; male 11,756)
65 years and over: 8% (female 1,729; male 1,221)

Population growth rate: 0.85% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 23.49 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 9.56 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -5.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 19.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.51 years
male: 63.51 years
female: 69.69 years

Total fertility rate: 2.56 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: black African

Religions: Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic

Languages: English

Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1980)
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
conventional short form: Saint Kitts and Nevis

Type: constitutional monarchy

Capital: Basseterre

Independence: 19 September 1983 (from UK)

Constitution: 19 September 1983


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $210 million

National product real growth rate: 4.5%

National product per capita: $5,300

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6%

Unemployment rate: 12.2%

Electricity:
capacity: 15,800 kW
production: 45 million kWh
consumption per capita: 990 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.