Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Plymouth
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 9,341
- Area
- 102 km²
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-664
- Internet domain
- .ms
- ISO codes
- MS, MSR, 500
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- MSR#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Montserrat covers about 102 square kilometres. By area it ranks 231st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Anguilla and a little larger than Guernsey. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 17° north, 62° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 9,341 people live in Montserrat (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 231st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 92 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: English. A person from Montserrat is called Montserratian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (code XCD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Time
Montserrat uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Montserrat). 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 | People |
|---|---|
| Brades | 1,000 |
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.