What is birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis?

Birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 11.74 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?

The highest recorded value was 49.53 births per 1,000 people in 1950.

What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?

The lowest recorded value was 11.74 births per 1,000 people in 2023.

How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for birth rate?

Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 138th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?

Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Name: Birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Birth rate was 11.74 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

11.74 births per 1,000 people

Change on year

down 1.8%

World rank

138th

of 236 countries

All-time high

49.53 births per 1,000 people

in 1950

All-time low

11.74 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1950–2023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.

Analysis

Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 11.74 births per 1,000 people for birth rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 49.53 births per 1,000 people in 1950 and was at its lowest, 11.74 births per 1,000 people, in 2023.

Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 138th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	46.59 births per 1,000 people	44.66 births per 1,000 people	49.53 births per 1,000 people	10
1960s	35.92 births per 1,000 people	27.73 births per 1,000 people	42.64 births per 1,000 people	10
1970s	26.91 births per 1,000 people	25.84 births per 1,000 people	28 births per 1,000 people	10
1980s	25.84 births per 1,000 people	23.42 births per 1,000 people	28.41 births per 1,000 people	10
1990s	20.32 births per 1,000 people	18.93 births per 1,000 people	23.7 births per 1,000 people	10
2000s	16.44 births per 1,000 people	15.28 births per 1,000 people	17.72 births per 1,000 people	10
2010s	13.89 births per 1,000 people	12.86 births per 1,000 people	14.95 births per 1,000 people	10
2020s	12.14 births per 1,000 people	11.74 births per 1,000 people	12.57 births per 1,000 people	4

Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis

135 Antigua and Barbuda 11.85 births per 1,000 people compare
136 Cayman Islands 11.84 births per 1,000 people compare
137 Armenia 11.78 births per 1,000 people compare
139 Grenada 11.71 births per 1,000 people compare
140 Jamaica 11.62 births per 1,000 people compare
141 Australia 11.51 births per 1,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Saint Kitts and Nevis

World population growth -0.8% (2100)
Population density 116.38 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 1,231 people (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development -0.8% (2100)
Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.53 births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.53 births per woman (2024)
Refugees by country of asylum 5 people (2024)
Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.53 births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.5 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.47 children per women (2023)

All data for Saint Kitts and Nevis →

Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis?: Birth rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 11.74 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?: The highest recorded value was 49.53 births per 1,000 people in 1950.
What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?: The lowest recorded value was 11.74 births per 1,000 people in 2023.
How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for birth rate?: Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 138th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.