Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Saint Kitts and Nevis

Rural population in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2025 — 31,954 people. Ranked 188 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21%.

2025 31,954 people +0.02% vs 2024
World rank 188of 217
Period maximum 40,442 people1960
Period minimum 26,428 people1990

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1960–202525,00030,00035,00040,00045,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 40,442 people1962: 38,962 people1964: 36,624 people1966: 34,051 people1968: 31,516 people1970: 29,351 people1972: 28,741 people1974: 28,342 people1976: 28,013 people1978: 27,736 people1980: 27,466 people1982: 27,299 people1984: 27,119 people1986: 26,922 people1988: 26,701 people1990: 26,428 people1992: 26,743 people1994: 27,595 people1996: 28,495 people1998: 29,417 people2000: 30,423 people2002: 31,093 people2004: 31,435 people2006: 31,743 people2008: 32,053 people2010: 32,181 people2012: 32,357 people2014: 32,384 people2016: 32,350 people2018: 32,266 people2020: 32,119 people2022: 31,942 people2024: 31,949 people2025: 31,954 people
Change over the period: −8,488 (−20.99%) Average annual rate: -0.36 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis 31,954 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Saint Kitts and Nevis, by year Saint Kitts and Nevis All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 31,954 +5 +0.02%
2024 31,949 +14 +0.04%
2023 31,935 −7 −0.02%
2022 31,942 −72 −0.22%
2021 32,014 −105 −0.33%
2020 32,119 −84 −0.26%
2019 32,203 −63 −0.2%
2018 32,266 −49 −0.15%
2017 32,315 −35 −0.11%
2016 32,350 −22 −0.07%
2015 32,372 −12 −0.04%
2014 32,384 +7 +0.02%
2013 32,377 +20 +0.06%
2012 32,357 +99 +0.31%
2011 32,258 +77 +0.24%
2010 32,181 +11 +0.03%
2009 32,170 +117 +0.37%
2008 32,053 +151 +0.47%
2007 31,902 +159 +0.5%
2006 31,743 +157 +0.5%
2005 31,586 +151 +0.48%
2004 31,435 +165 +0.53%
2003 31,270 +177 +0.57%
2002 31,093 +248 +0.8%
2001 30,845 +422 +1.39%
2000 30,423 +517 +1.73%
1999 29,906 +489 +1.66%
1998 29,417 +468 +1.62%
1997 28,949 +454 +1.59%
1996 28,495 +452 +1.61%
1995 28,043 +448 +1.62%
1994 27,595 +431 +1.59%
1993 27,164 +421 +1.57%
1992 26,743 +300 +1.13%
1991 26,443 +15 +0.06%
1990 26,428 −145 −0.55%
1989 26,573 −128 −0.48%
1988 26,701 −115 −0.43%
1987 26,816 −106 −0.39%
1986 26,922 −101 −0.37%
1985 27,023 −96 −0.35%
1984 27,119 −92 −0.34%
1983 27,211 −88 −0.32%
1982 27,299 −80 −0.29%
1981 27,379 −87 −0.32%
1980 27,466 −125 −0.45%
1979 27,591 −145 −0.52%
1978 27,736 −136 −0.49%
1977 27,872 −141 −0.5%
1976 28,013 −156 −0.55%
1975 28,169 −173 −0.61%
1974 28,342 −192 −0.67%
1973 28,534 −207 −0.72%
1972 28,741 −229 −0.79%
1971 28,970 −381 −1.3%
1970 29,351 −902 −2.98%
1969 30,253 −1,263 −4.01%
1968 31,516 −1,254 −3.83%
1967 32,770 −1,281 −3.76%
1966 34,051 −1,294 −3.66%
1965 35,345 −1,279 −3.49%
1964 36,624 −1,222 −3.23%
1963 37,846 −1,116 −2.86%
1962 38,962 −940 −2.36%
1961 39,902 −540 −1.34%
1960 40,442

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.