Urban population share in Saint Kitts and Nevis

31.9% of people in Saint Kitts and Nevis lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2005.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2025 31.9% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 31.8%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 193rd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Saint Kitts and Nevis over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Saint Kitts and NevisWorld
2025 31.9% 57.8%
2024 31.8% 57.6%
2023 31.7% 57.3%
2022 31.6% 57.1%
2021 31.5% 56.8%
2020 31.5% 56.4%
2019 31.4% 56.1%
2018 31.4% 55.8%
2017 31.3% 55.3%
2016 31.3% 54.9%
2015 31.3% 54.4%
2014 31.2% 53.9%
2013 31.2% 53.4%
2012 31.2% 52.9%
2011 31.2% 52.5%
2010 31.3% 51.8%
2009 31.4% 51.4%
2008 31.6% 50.9%
2007 31.7% 50.4%
2006 31.8% 49.9%
2005 32.0% 49.4%
2004 32.1% 48.9%
2003 32.3% 48.4%
2002 32.4% 47.8%
2001 32.6% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 31.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 31.3%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Saint Kitts and Nevis has the 193rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Saint Kitts and Nevis
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects