Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Sint Maarten
Saint Kitts and Nevis has 7% more people than Sint Maarten: 46,922 vs 43,923, a gap of 2,999. Sint Maarten is growing faster (+1.31% vs +0.17% a year), adding about 577 people a year against +79. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Sint Maarten would overtake Saint Kitts and Nevis in about 6 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2031) — a projection, not a forecast. Sint Maarten is the older society: 14.5% aged 65+ against 11.7% in Saint Kitts and Nevis, while Saint Kitts and Nevis has more children (18.3% under 15 vs 14.8%). Sint Maarten is 7.0× as densely populated (1,257.3 vs 179.8 people per km²). People in Sint Maarten live 4.2 years longer on average (76.5 vs 72.3). GDP per capita is 1.7× higher in Sint Maarten ($42,978 vs $25,223).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Saint Kitts and Nevis) and 2025 (Sint Maarten); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Sint Maarten — side by side
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |  Sint Maarten | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 46,9222025 | 43,9232025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.17%2025 | +1.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 11.72024 | 9.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 10.02024 | 8.32024 |
| Children per woman | 1.532024 | 1.442024 |
| Life expectancy | 72.3 yrs2024 | 76.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 18.3%2025 | 14.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 11.7%2025 | 14.5%2025 |
| Density | 179.8 /km²2023 | 1,257.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 260 km²2023 | 34 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 31.9%2025 | 100.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +182025 | +5302025 |
| GDP per capita | $25,2232025 | $42,9782025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #203 | #206 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.8× from 1960 to 2025; Sint Maarten: 16.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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