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Saint Kitts and Nevis: map, flag, capital and key facts

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a country in North America, in Central America and the Caribbean, with about 47,000 people (2025) and an area of 260 square kilometres. Its capital is Basseterre, and it has no land borders.

By Team Geography Last reviewed

Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Map showing where the country sits among its neighbours
Saint Kitts and Nevis in solid, land neighbours outlined, capital marked.

Key facts about Saint Kitts and Nevis

CapitalBasseterre
ContinentNorth America
RegionCentral America and the Caribbean
Population46,922 2025, World Bank. 187th of 195.
Area260 km² (100 sq mi) World Bank, surface area. 188th largest of 195.
Population density180 people per km²
Land neighboursNone. It has no land borders with another country.
UN statusMember state
Capital coordinates17.30° N, 62.72° W Basseterre, Natural Earth.

No land borders

Saint Kitts and Nevis shares no land border with another country. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea, as the map above shows.

From the Geography app

The app teaches each country through short hand written lenses: PLACE for physical geography, STORY for history and identity, NOW for the news, and THREAD for the ties between countries. Here is one of Saint Kitts and Nevis's 5, in full.

PLACELens 1 of 5

Two volcanoes and three kilometers of water

Saint Kitts is a 168 square kilometer volcanic cone with a long southeastern tail; Nevis is a near-circle a little smaller, and both fall steeply into the Caribbean Sea on their leeward flanks. Mount Liamuiga rises to 1,156 meters, dormant for some sixteen centuries. Nevis Peak reaches 985 meters. Between them lies The Narrows, a shallow channel three kilometers wide. The two islands cover 261 square kilometers and hold about 54,000 people, the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere.

More on The Narrows

The Narrows is shallow enough that the two islands share a submarine platform and were joined during ice ages, when sea levels stood lower. It takes a ferry about forty minutes to cross. That short gap is the whole geography of the federation's politics: near enough to be one country, separate enough that Nevis has never quite agreed to be.

4 more lenses on Saint Kitts and Nevis in the app

  • STORY The island that stopped growing sugar
  • STORY The constitution that permits its own breakup
  • NOW A resource proven, and no one to sell it to
  • THREAD The passport industry began here in 1984

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Common questions

What is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis?
The capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis is Basseterre. Basseterre lies at about 17.3 degrees north and 62.7 degrees west. Saint Kitts and Nevis is in North America, in the region often called Central America and the Caribbean. It is home to about 47,000 people.
What is the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis?
About 47,000 people live in Saint Kitts and Nevis, according to the World Bank figures for 2025. That makes it the 187th most populous of the 195 countries. With an area of 260 square kilometres, that is about 180 people per square kilometre.
What countries border Saint Kitts and Nevis?
None. Saint Kitts and Nevis has no land borders with any other country. It is surrounded by sea, so every neighbour of Saint Kitts and Nevis is across the water. It lies in North America, in the region often called Central America and the Caribbean.
How big is Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Saint Kitts and Nevis covers 260 square kilometres, or about 100 square miles. That makes it the 188th largest of the 195 countries. The figure is total surface area, which includes inland water such as lakes and rivers. Its population of about 47,000 gives a density of 180 people per square kilometre.

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