Saint Lucia
🇱🇨 Caribbean
How Saint Lucia ranks globally
About Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is a country in Caribbean, with Castries as its capital. It is home to roughly 180.15 thousand people, giving a population density of about 292 people per square kilometre. The country covers 616 km² of land and has no shared land borders. Its economy is valued at approximately $2.66B in nominal GDP (2025), and it records a Human Development Index of 0.748. The official currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD), and the main language is English.
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How Saint Lucia measures up
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Saint Lucia is the 176th most populous country in the world, with about 180.15 thousand people.
By land area it is the 178th-largest country in the world, covering 616 km².
It has the world's 168th-largest economy by nominal GDP ($2.66B).
Saint Lucia has no land borders with other countries.
It is classed by the UN as a country of high human development, with an HDI of 0.748.
Saint Lucia has a population density of about 292 people per square kilometre.
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