Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Castries
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 180,149 (2025)
- Area
- 616 km²
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-758
- Internet domain
- .lc
- ISO codes
- LC, LCA, 662
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- LC###-### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Saint Lucia covers about 616 square kilometres. By area it ranks 198th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Micronesia and a little larger than Isle of Man. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 14° north, 61° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 180,149 people live in Saint Lucia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 190th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 292 people to each square kilometre. About 29 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 73 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from Saint Lucia is called Saint Lucian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (code XCD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 2.66 billion (2025), which is about US$ 14,746 for each person (2025).
Time
Saint Lucia uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/St Lucia). 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 |
|---|---|
| Gros Islet | 25,210 |
| Castries | 20,000 |
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.