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Saint Kitts and Nevis — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Saint Kitts and Nevis — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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Saint Kitts and Nevis had an estimated population of 39,601 in 2005, with 16 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Saint Kitts and Nevis today — population now 46,992, against 39,601 in 2005.

Source	2005	Now	Change
World Gazetteer (the work cited)	39,601	—	—
UN World Population Prospects	46,437	46,992	+1%

The two sources differ by 15% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)	Today
1	Basseterre	Saint George Basseterre	12,920	12,920 now
2	Charlestown	Saint Paul Charlestown	1,538	1,538 now
3	Saint Paulʿs	Saint Paul Capesterre	1,183	2,460 now
4	Sadlers	Saint John Capesterre	986	1,205 now
5	Middle Island	Saint Thomas Middle Island	887	2,332 now
6	Tabernacle	Saint John Capesterre	789	—
7	Cayon	Saint Mary Cayon	788	788 now
8	Sandy Point	Saint Anne Sandy Point	780	—
9	Mansion	Christ Church Nichola Town	690	690 now
10	Dieppe Bay	Saint John Capesterre	592	—
11	Monkey Hill	Saint Peter Basseterre	592	592 now
12	Boyds	Trinity Palmetto Point	591	591 now
13	Gingerland	Saint George Gingerland	493	—
14	Newcastle	Saint James Windward	493	493 now
15	Fig Tree	Saint John Figtree	395	—
16	Cotton Ground	Saint Thomas Lowland	381	381 now

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Saint George Basseterre	12,920
2	Saint Mary Cayon	2,994
3	Saint John Capesterre	2,859
4	Saint Anne Sandy Point	2,849
5	Saint Peter Basseterre	2,262
6	Saint George Gingerland	2,072
7	Saint Thomas Middle Island	2,045
8	Saint John Figtree	2,009
9	Saint Paul Capesterre	1,882
10	Christ Church Nichola Town	1,801
11	Saint Thomas Lowland	1,791
12	Saint Paul Charlestown	1,538
13	Saint James Windward	1,529
14	Trinity Palmetto Point	1,050

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.