Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Gustavia
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 8,450
- Area
- 21 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- French
- Calling code
- +590
- Internet domain
- .bl
- ISO codes
- BL, BLM, 652
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Saint Barthélemy covers about 21 square kilometres. By area it ranks 245th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Nauru and a little larger than Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 18° north, 63° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 8,450 people live in Saint Barthélemy (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 232nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 402 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: French. A person from Saint Barthélemy is called Saint Barthélemy Islander.
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
Saint Barthélemy uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/St Barthelemy). 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 |
|---|---|
| Gustavia | 5,988 |
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.