North America · Caribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis covers about 264 km² (102 mi²), the 211th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 264km²Area, main territory
- 47,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
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- Saint Kitts and Nevis
Facts
| Area, main territory | 264 km²102 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 272 km²Wikidata · 2.9% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Basseterre |
| Population | 47,000Wikidata, 2025 |
| Density | 178 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 17°N |
| In other languages | San Cristóbal y Nieves Español · St. Kitts und Nevis Deutsch · Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès Français · São Cristóvão e Névis Português · セントクリストファー・ネイビス 日本語 · 圣基茨和尼维斯 中文 · 세인트키츠 네비스 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#25 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 64,295× the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis lies at 17°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Saint Kitts and Nevis's main territory stretches about 35 km north to south and 34 km east to west.
- Our measured 264 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 272 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
How Saint Kitts and Nevis measures up
Saint Kitts and Nevis holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 14th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 264 km² | 208th of 239 |
| Population | 47,000 | 208th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 17.3°N | 111th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Saint Kitts and Nevis is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 923 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 1,354 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 1,414 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 2,074 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 11,930 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 32,081 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 35,772 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 64,295 its size |
Where Saint Kitts and Nevis sits
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's centre lies at 17.3°N, 62.7°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,920 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 17°N to 17°N, about 40 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2025; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11