Total population | |
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2.1% | |
Languages | |
English[citation needed] | |
Religion | |
Christianity[citation needed] |
White Kittitians and Nevisians are people of Saint Kitts and Nevis of European descent. Approximately 2.2% of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis was European as of 2001.[citation needed][needs update]
The first Europeans to visit the islands were the Spanish.[1] A substantial portion of the white population in Saint Kitts and Nevis claims descent from Irish and Scottish prisoners exiled to the islands during the rule of Oliver Cromwell.[2] By 1805, 1,500 whites lived on the island of Saint Kitts and 1,300 lived on Nevis.[3] The English were the first Europeans to colonize St. Kitts.[4] When Europeans visited the island of Nevis, the island was mostly inhabited by indigenous Caribs and Arawaks.[5]