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.
Press
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http://sunstkitts.com/
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http://sun-weekend.com/
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