ssues:
NA
natural hazards:
subject to hurricanes (July to October)
international agreements:
party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection

@Saint Kitts and Nevis, People

Population:
40,671 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.72% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
23.7 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
9.98 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
-6.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
19.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.11 years
male:
63.14 years
female:
69.27 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.6 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Kittsian(s), Nevisian(s)
adjective:
Kittsian, Nevisian
Ethnic divisions:
black African
Religions:
Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic
Languages:
English
Literacy:
age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)
total population:
98%
male:
98%
female:
98%
Labor force:
20,000 (1981)

@Saint Kitts and Nevis, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
conventional short form:
Saint Kitts and Nevis
former:
Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Digraph:
SC
Type:
constitutional monarchy
Capital:
Basseterre
Administrative divisions:
14 parishs; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint
George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward,
Saint John Capesterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint
Paul Capesterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint
Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point
Independence:
19 September 1983 (from UK)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 19 September (1983)
Constitution:
19 September 1983
Legal system:
based on English common law
Suffrage:
universal adult at age NA
Executive branch:
chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor
General Sir Clement Athelston ARRINDELL (since 19 September 1983,
previously Governor General of the Associated State since NA November
1981)
head of government:
Prime Minister Dr. Kennedy Alphonse SIMMONDS (since 19 September 1983,
previously Premier of the Associated State since NA February 1980);
Deputy Prime Minister Sydney Earl MORRIS (since NA)
cabinet:
Cabin