The duel
- +69% Antigua and Barbuda is 69% bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 2× Antigua and Barbuda has 2 times as many people as Saint Kitts and Nevis
- +5.5 years People in Antigua and Barbuda live 5.5 years longer than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
- +3% Saint Kitts and Nevis produces 3% more per person than Antigua and Barbuda
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Antigua and Barbuda is 69% bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 440 km² (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 261 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Antigua and Barbuda’s coastline is 13% longer than Saint Kitts and Nevis’
Antigua and Barbuda: 153 km (2026 edition) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 135 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Saint Kitts and Nevis’ highest peak towers 754 m above Antigua and Barbuda’s
Antigua and Barbuda: 402 m (2026 edition) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1,156 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 23% of Saint Kitts and Nevis, versus 21% of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 23% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Antigua and Barbuda has 2 times as many people as Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 94,209 (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 46,922 (2025)
How crowded is it?
Antigua and Barbuda is 19% more densely populated than Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 214 per km² (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 180 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Antigua and Barbuda are 5.1 cm taller than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 178.8 cm (2019) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 173.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Antigua and Barbuda are 2.9 cm taller than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 165.7 cm (2019) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 162.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are practically level
Antigua and Barbuda: 35.5 years (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 35.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Antigua and Barbuda have 0.1 more children on average than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.58 children per woman (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.53 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
12% of people in Antigua and Barbuda are 65 or older, versus 12% in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 12.3% (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 11.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Antigua and Barbuda: 0 per 1,000 (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many official languages?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are practically level
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 (2026) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Antigua and Barbuda’s economy is 2 times the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis’
Antigua and Barbuda: $2.34 billion (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: $1.18 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saint Kitts and Nevis produces 3% more per person than Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Int$35,833 (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: Int$36,777 (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Antigua and Barbuda: no data · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 15% (2020)
How expensive is it?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are nearly identical here
Antigua and Barbuda: 69% (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 69% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saint Kitts and Nevis spends 54% more on health per person than Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: $841 (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: $1,295 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Antigua and Barbuda live 5.5 years longer than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 77.8 years (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 72.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13.9 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saint Kitts and Nevis has 6% more doctors per person than Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.9 per 1,000 (2017) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 3.1 per 1,000 (2018)
How many hospital beds are there?
Saint Kitts and Nevis has 16% more hospital beds per person than Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.4 per 100k (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: no data
How common is obesity?
48% of adults in Saint Kitts and Nevis are obese, versus 35% in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 35.4% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 47.9% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How much do people drink?
Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda are nearly identical here
Antigua and Barbuda: 8.2 litres (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 8.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Antigua and Barbuda has 8% more meat per person than Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 96.4 kg (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 88.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saint Kitts and Nevis has 308 kcal more food per person per day than Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 2,544 kcal (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2,852 kcal (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Antigua and Barbuda went to school 0.8 years longer than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 11.6 years (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Antigua and Barbuda welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Saint Kitts and Nevis (2019)
Antigua and Barbuda: 3.52 (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.71 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are practically level
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 (2026) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are practically level
Antigua and Barbuda: 0 (2026 edition) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Saint Kitts and Nevis are online, versus 73% in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 73% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 77% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 2.3 times as fast as in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 70 Mbps (2026) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 162 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are practically level
Antigua and Barbuda: 100% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
32% of people in Saint Kitts and Nevis live in cities, versus 24% in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 24% (2025) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 32% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Antigua and Barbuda has 201 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Saint Kitts and Nevis 119
Antigua and Barbuda: 201 (2022) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 119 (2023)
How much do they fly?
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.38 (2022) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: no data
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 42% of Saint Kitts and Nevis, but only 18% of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 17.9% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 42.1% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Antigua and Barbuda emits 28% more CO₂ than someone in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.1 t (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
8.7% of Saint Kitts and Nevis’ electricity is renewable, versus 8.1% in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 8.1% (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 8.7% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Antigua and Barbuda carries 15% more fine dust than in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 6.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 6 times as likely to be murdered in Saint Kitts and Nevis as in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: 10.7 per 100k (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: 64.2 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Antigua and Barbuda: 10.9 per 100k (2023) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: no data
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Antigua and Barbuda: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: no data
How much rain falls?
Antigua and Barbuda: 896 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saint Kitts and Nevis: no data
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Antigua and Barbuda bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Antigua and Barbuda is larger. Antigua and Barbuda is 69% bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Which has more people, Antigua and Barbuda or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Antigua and Barbuda has 2 times as many people as Saint Kitts and Nevis (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Antigua and Barbuda or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
People in Antigua and Barbuda live 5.5 years longer than in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Life expectancy at birth is 77.8 years in Antigua and Barbuda and 72.3 in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Are people taller in Antigua and Barbuda or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Men in Antigua and Barbuda are 5.1 cm taller than in Saint Kitts and Nevis (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).