Chagos Islands vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis is 4.48 times larger than Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands would fit into Saint Kitts and Nevis about 4.5 times.
Chagos IslandsSaint Kitts and NevisChagos Islands moved onto Saint Kitts and Nevis · Equal-area projection
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Chagos Islands is 0.22× the area of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Put the other way, Saint Kitts and Nevis is 4.48× the size of Chagos Islands.
 Chagos Islands |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| AreaSaint Kitts and Nevis: 4.48× the area | 60 km² | 269 km²#188 of 194 |
| Coastline | Coast, no land border | Coast, no land border |
| Land neighbours | 0 | 0 |
| People | ||
| PopulationSaint Kitts and Nevis: 15.6× the population | 3,0002018 | 46,922#187 of 194 · 2025 |
| DensitySaint Kitts and Nevis: 3.49× the density | 50 / km² | 174 / km²#54 of 194 |
| Urban population | — | 32%#167 of 192 · 2025 |
| Fertility rate | — | 1.53 per woman#133 of 192 · 2024 |
| Population growth | — | +0.17%#150 of 192 · 2025 |
| Birth rate | — | 11.7 per 1,000#114 of 192 · 2024 |
| Death rate | — | 10.0 per 1,000#35 of 192 · 2024 |
| Children under 15 | — | 18.3%#124 of 192 · 2025 |
| People over 65 | — | 11.7%#73 of 192 · 2025 |
| Net migration | — | +0.4 per 1,000#60 of 192 · 2025 |
| Refugees abroad | — | 0.77 per 1,000#66 of 190 · 2025 |
| Health & education | ||
| Life expectancy | — | 72.3 years#113 of 192 · 2024 |
| Infant mortality | — | 13.9 per 1,000 births#89 of 191 · 2024 |
| Doctors | — | 3.09 per 1,000#58 of 178 · 2018 |
| Human Development Index | — | 0.840#57 of 190 · 2023 |
| Economy | ||
| GNI per capita | — | $24,530#48 of 185 · 2025 |
| GDP | — | $1.18B2025 |
| Income group | — | High income |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | — | $36,777#59 of 184 · 2025 |
| GDP growth | — | +2.7%#111 of 187 · 2025 |
| Inflation | — | +3.6%#71 of 176 · 2023 |
| Foreign investment | — | 2.4% of GDP#78 of 184 · 2025 |
| Internet users | — | 77%#105 of 184 · 2024 |
| Mobile subscriptions | — | 119 per 100#85 of 191 · 2023 |
| Energy & environment | ||
| Forest area | — | 42% of land#61 of 192 · 2024 |
| CO₂ per person | — | 2.88 t a year#84 of 185 · 2024 |
| Renewable energy | — | 1.5%#170 of 190 · 2022 |
| Access to electricity | — | 100.0%#1 of 192 · 2024 |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) | — | 8.9 µg/m³#160 of 191 · 2023 |
| Protected land | — | 16.9% of land#101 of 191 · 2025 |
| Arable land | — | 19.2% of land#55 of 190 · 2024 |
| Water stress | — | 50.8%#36 of 176 · 2022 |
| Precipitation | — | 1,427 mm#62 of 180 · 2022 |
| Governance & safety | ||
| Political stability | — | +1.13#26 of 193 · 2025 |
| Control of corruption | — | +0.32#66 of 193 · 2025 |
| Homicide rate | — | 64.2 per 100,000#1 of 146 · 2023 |
| State | ||
| Status | Territory of United Kingdom | Independent state |
| Government | Dependent territory | Constitutional monarchyfederal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm |
| Capital | Diego Garcia | Basseterre |
| Currency | United States dollar (USD), Pound sterling (GBP) | Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
| Official languages | English | English |
| Traffic drives | On the right | On the left |
| Time zone | UTC+6 | UTC−4 |
| Calling code | +246 | +1 869 |
| Region | Seven seas (open ocean) | Caribbean, North America |
Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Chagos Islands sits at about 7° S and is stretched to 1.02× its true area; Saint Kitts and Nevis at 17° N is stretched to 1.1×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Chagos Islands bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- No. Chagos Islands is 4.48 times smaller than Saint Kitts and Nevis. Chagos Islands covers 60 km² and Saint Kitts and Nevis covers 269 km².
- How many times does Chagos Islands fit into Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- About 4.5 times: Saint Kitts and Nevis has 4.48× the area of Chagos Islands.
- Why do Chagos Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Chagos Islands is drawn about 1.02× its true area there and Saint Kitts and Nevis about 1.1×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Chagos Islands or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis: 46,922 people against 3,000. Density: Chagos Islands 50 per km², Saint Kitts and Nevis 174 per km².
- What kind of government do Chagos Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis have?
- By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Chagos Islands: dependent territory; Saint Kitts and Nevis: constitutional monarchy.