POPULATION 38,736
ANGLICAN 27.5 percent
METHODIST 25.3 percent
MORAVIAN 7.3 percent
ROMAN CATHOLIC 6.9 percent
PENTECOSTAL 5.5 percent
CHURCH OF GOD 4.3 percent
BAPTIST 3.9 percent
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 3.5 percent
WESLEYAN HOLINESS 2.7 percent
BRETHREN 1.8 percent
RASTAFARIAN 0.7 percent
HINDU 0.4 percent
SALVATION ARMY 0.1 percent
MUSLIM 0.1 percent
OTHER 4.1 percent
UNDESIGNATED 5.9 percent

Country Overview

Introduction

Saint Kitts and Nevis are two islands of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Separated by a narrow channel, they occupy 104 square miles. Previously British colonies (1871–1956), the two islands, together with neighboring Anguilla, were part of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis became an independent nation on 19 September 1983. Since independence considerable political tension has existed between the two islands, with Nevis continuously asserting its constitutional right to secede from the federation. The 1998 plebiscite on secession was narrowly unsuccessful.

Christopher Columbus landed on Saint Kitts in 1493, accompanied by a number of Roman...