Saint Kitts and Nevis

Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Country Above Self"
Anthem: "O Land of Beauty!" Royal anthem: "God Save the King"
Capital and largest city	Basseterre 17°18′N 62°44′W / 17.300°N 62.733°W / 17.300; -62.733
Official languages	English
Vernacular language	Saint Kitts Creole
Ethnic groups (2001)	92.5% African 3% Multiracial 2.1% European 1.5% Indian 0.6% Other 0.3% Unspecified
Religion (2010)[1]	94.6% Christianity 1.6% None 1.5% Hinduism 2.3% Others
Demonym(s)	Kittitian or Nevisian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Charles III
• Governor-General	Dame Marcella Liburd
• Prime Minister	Terrance Drew
• Speaker of the National Assembly	Anthony Michael Perkins
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence
• Associated State	27 February 1967
• from the United Kingdom	19 September 1983
Area
• Total	261 km2 (101 sq mi) (187th)
• Water (%)	Negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate	47,606[2][3] (213th)
• 2011 census	46,204
• Density	164/km2 (424.8/sq mi) (64th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$1.758 billion
• Per capita	$31,095[4]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$1.058 billion
• Per capita	$18,714[4]
HDI (2019)	0.779[5] high · 74th
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+1 869
ISO 3166 code	KN
Internet TLD	.kn
Or "Saint Kitts and Nevis".

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (pronounced /seɪnt ˌkɪts ænd ˈniːvɪs/, also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis),^[6] is a federal nation made up of two small islands in the Caribbean Sea. It is the smallest independent country in the Western Hemisphere.

The capital city is Basseterre. It is on the main island of St Kitts, also called Saint Christopher. The island of Nevis has some rights of self-government and two seats in the federal parliament.

St Kitts and Nevis is about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.

The headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is in St Kitts. That bank controls the East Caribbean dollar.

1. ↑ "Religions in St Kitts And Nevis | PEW-GRF". www.globalreligiousfutures.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
2. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org.
5. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. ↑ Both the names Saint Christopher and Saint Kitts are given in the Constitution of Saint Christopher and Nevis.