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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is Basseterre. About 52 thousand people live there, in an area of 261 square kilometres.
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Where is Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Saint Kitts and Nevis lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 930 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 135 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Saint Kitts and Nevis covers 261 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 9.9 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 187th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 200.9 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
About 52 thousand people live in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
That is the 187th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Eastern Caribbean dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 71 years.
The land of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Its coast runs for about 135 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 7 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Saint Kitts and Nevis different?
Websites from here often end in .kn.
Saint Kitts and Nevis and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 35th largest of 35 countries, and the 35th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis is Basseterre. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
About 52 thousand people live in Saint Kitts and Nevis, which makes it the 187th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Saint Kitts and Nevis covers 261 square kilometres, making it the 187th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 9.9 times bigger.
Which continent is Saint Kitts and Nevis in?
Saint Kitts and Nevis is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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