Guadeloupe

Key facts

Capital

Basse-Terre

Region

Americas, Caribbean

Population

443,000

Area

1,780 km²

Currency

euro (EUR)

Languages

French

Calling code

+590

Internet domain

.gp

ISO codes

GP, GLP, 312

Time zone

UTC-4:00

United Nations

Not a member

Postal code pattern

##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Guadeloupe covers about 1,780 square kilometres. By area it ranks 185th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Mauritius and a little larger than Åland Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 16° north, 62° west, in the northern hemisphere.

People

About 443,000 people live in Guadeloupe (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 176th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 249 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: French. A person from Guadeloupe is called Guadeloupian.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more.

Time

Guadeloupe uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Guadeloupe). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Caribbean

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.