Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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This article is about the demographics of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis including population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.


Population

According to the 2001 census the combined population of Saint Kitts and Nevis was 46,325 in 2001 (compared to 40,613 in 1991), of which 35,217 were in Saint Kitts and 11,108 in Nevis. The population of St Kitts and Nevis in 2011 was 46,398. The estimated population of is ().


Vital statistics


Ethnic groups

The population of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is predominantly African (92.7%) or mixed (2.2%). 2.2% of the population is white and 1% Indians in Saint Kitts and Nevis, East Indian. In 2001, sixteen people belonged to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Amerindian population (0.03% of the total population). The remaining 0.7% of the population includes people from the Middle East (0.05%) and Chinese people, Chinese (0.09%).


Languages

English is the country's official language, but the main spoken language is Saint Kitts Creole, Saint Kitts Creole English.


Religion

According to the 2001 census, 82.4% of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is considered Christianity, Christian, 2.8% have a non-Christian religion and 5.2% have no religion or did not state a religion (3.2%). Anglicanism constitutes the largest religious group, with 20.6% of the population. Methodists#Caribbean, Methodists are the second largest group (19.1%). The next largest group is the Pentecostals 8.2% of the population, followed by the Church of God (6.8%). 6.7% of the population are Roman Catholics. Other Christians include Moravian Church, Moravians (5.5%), Baptists (4.8%), Seventh-day Adventists (4.7%), Evangelicalism, Evangelicals (2.6%), Brethren Christian (1.8%), Jehovah's Witnesses (1.3%) and the Salvation Army (0.1%). Other religious groups include the Rastafarian Movement (1.6% of the population), Muslims (0.3%), Hinduism in the West Indies, Hinduism (0.8%), and the Baháʼí Faith (0.04%).


References

{{Ancestry and ethnicity in Saint Kitts and Nevis Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Society of Saint Kitts and Nevis