St. Kitts & Nevis

Urban population in St. Kitts & Nevis

Urban population in St. Kitts & Nevis: 26.2% in 1950 and 31.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025: 31.9%
Since 1950: +5.7 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 202 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2050: 38.4%; UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 38.4% in 2050.
The highest was 35.9% in 1980, the lowest 26.2% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	St. Kitts & Nevis
2025	31.9
2024	31.8
2023	31.7
2022	31.6
2021	31.5
2020	31.5
2019	31.4
2018	31.4
2017	31.3
2016	31.3
2015	31.3
2014	31.2
2013	31.2
2012	31.2
2011	31.2
2010	31.3
2009	31.4
2008	31.6
2007	31.7
2006	31.8
2005	32
2004	32.1
2003	32.3
2002	32.4
2001	32.6
2000	32.8
1999	33
1998	33.1
1997	33.3
1996	33.5
1995	33.8
1994	34
1993	34.1
1992	34.3
1991	34.5
1990	34.6
1989	34.8
1988	35
1987	35.2
1986	35.3
1985	35.5
1984	35.6
1983	35.7
1982	35.8
1981	35.9
1980	35.9
1979	35.9
1978	35.8
1977	35.7
1976	35.6
1975	35.4
1974	35.2
1973	35
1972	34.7
1971	34.5
1970	34.2
1969	33.9
1968	33.3
1967	32.6
1966	31.8
1965	30.9
1964	30
1963	29.2
1962	28.5
1961	27.9
1960	27.5
1959	27.3
1958	27.2
1957	27
1956	26.9
1955	26.7
1954	26.6
1953	26.5
1952	26.4
1951	26.3
1950	26.2

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	St. Kitts & Nevis
2026	32
2027	32.1
2028	32.3
2029	32.4
2030	32.6
2031	32.7
2032	32.9
2033	33.1
2034	33.3
2035	33.5
2036	33.7
2037	34
2038	34.2
2039	34.5
2040	34.8
2041	35.1
2042	35.4
2043	35.7
2044	36
2045	36.4
2046	36.8
2047	37.2
2048	37.6
2049	38
2050	38.4

Good to know

The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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