SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 19 1983 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 19 1983 POPULATION 42838 1999 EST AREA 104 SQ MI CAPITAL BASSETERRE FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR TOURISM AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE COTTON PEANUTS NATURAL RESOURCES INSIGNIFICANT CURRENCY EAST CARIBBEAN DOLLAR GDP 235 MILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 6000 1997 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 65 YEARS MALE 71 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 23 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
