Saint Kitts Nevis

Facts

Population:  38,756 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  29.84% (male 5,909; female 5,654) 15-64 years:  61.37% (male 11,870; female 11,915) 65 years and over:  8.79% (male 1,406; female 2,002) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  -0.11% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  18.78 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  9.21 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -10.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.7 male(s)/female total population:  0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  71.01 years male:  68.22 years female:  73.97 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) adjective:  Kittitian, Nevisian
Ethnic groups:  predominantly black some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese
Religions:  Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Languages:  English
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over has ever attended school total population:  97% male:  97% female:  98% (1980 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $274 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $7,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  5.5% industry:  22.5% services:  72% (1996)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  18,172 (June 1995)
Labor force - by occupation:  NA
Unemployment rate:  4.5% (1997)
Budget:  revenues:  $64.1 million expenditures:  $73.3 million, including capital expenditures of $10.4 million (1997 est.)
Industries:  sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  90 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  83.7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fish
Exports:  $53.2 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco
Exports - partners:  US 68.5%, UK 22.3%, Caricom countries 5.5% (1995 est.)
Imports:  $151.5 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery, manufactures, food, fuels
Imports - partners:  US 42.4%, Caricom countries 17.2%, UK 11.3% (1995 est.)
Debt - external:  $115.1 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:  $5.5 million (1995)
Currency:  East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:  XCD
Exchange rates:  East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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