Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Saint Kitts and Nevis

Urban population share in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2025 — 31.9%. Ranked 193 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.4 pp.

2025 31.9% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 193of 217
Period maximum 35.9%1980
Period minimum 27.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1960–202527.53032.53537.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 27.5%1962: 28.5%1964: 30%1966: 31.8%1968: 33.3%1970: 34.2%1972: 34.7%1974: 35.2%1976: 35.6%1978: 35.8%1980: 35.9%1982: 35.8%1984: 35.6%1986: 35.3%1988: 35%1990: 34.6%1992: 34.3%1994: 33.9%1996: 33.5%1998: 33.1%2000: 32.8%2002: 32.4%2004: 32.1%2006: 31.8%2008: 31.6%2010: 31.3%2012: 31.2%2014: 31.2%2016: 31.3%2018: 31.4%2020: 31.5%2022: 31.6%2024: 31.8%2025: 31.9%
Change over the period: +4.4 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.9%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Saint Kitts and Nevis, by year Saint Kitts and Nevis All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31.9 +0.1 pp
2024 31.8 +0.1 pp
2023 31.7 +0.1 pp
2022 31.6 +0.1 pp
2021 31.5 +0.1 pp
2020 31.5 +0.1 pp
2019 31.4 +0.1 pp
2018 31.4 +0 pp
2017 31.3 +0 pp
2016 31.3 +0 pp
2015 31.3 +0 pp
2014 31.2 +0 pp
2013 31.2 +0 pp
2012 31.2 +0 pp
2011 31.2 −0.1 pp
2010 31.3 −0.1 pp
2009 31.4 −0.1 pp
2008 31.6 −0.1 pp
2007 31.7 −0.1 pp
2006 31.8 −0.1 pp
2005 32 −0.1 pp
2004 32.1 −0.2 pp
2003 32.3 −0.2 pp
2002 32.4 −0.2 pp
2001 32.6 −0.2 pp
2000 32.8 −0.2 pp
1999 32.9 −0.2 pp
1998 33.1 −0.2 pp
1997 33.3 −0.2 pp
1996 33.5 −0.2 pp
1995 33.7 −0.2 pp
1994 33.9 −0.2 pp
1993 34.1 −0.2 pp
1992 34.3 −0.2 pp
1991 34.5 −0.2 pp
1990 34.6 −0.2 pp
1989 34.8 −0.2 pp
1988 35 −0.2 pp
1987 35.1 −0.2 pp
1986 35.3 −0.2 pp
1985 35.5 −0.1 pp
1984 35.6 −0.1 pp
1983 35.7 −0.1 pp
1982 35.8 −0.1 pp
1981 35.9 −0 pp
1980 35.9 +0 pp
1979 35.9 +0.1 pp
1978 35.8 +0.1 pp
1977 35.7 +0.1 pp
1976 35.6 +0.2 pp
1975 35.4 +0.2 pp
1974 35.2 +0.2 pp
1973 35 +0.2 pp
1972 34.7 +0.3 pp
1971 34.5 +0.3 pp
1970 34.2 +0.4 pp
1969 33.8 +0.6 pp
1968 33.3 +0.7 pp
1967 32.6 +0.8 pp
1966 31.8 +0.9 pp
1965 30.9 +0.9 pp
1964 30 +0.8 pp
1963 29.2 +0.7 pp
1962 28.5 +0.6 pp
1961 27.9 +0.4 pp
1960 27.5

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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