Country profile
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia · Caribbean
👥 Population
180,149
World Bank · 2025
🏛 Capital
Castries
🗺 Area
616 km²
💹 GDP (nominal)
$2.66B
World Bank · 2025
📈 HDI
0.748
UNDP · 2023
📍 Pop. density
292 /km²
💱 Currency
XCD
Eastern Caribbean dollar
🗣 Languages
English
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.
Key indicators
Latest available data · World Bank & UNDP.
💹 Economy
GDP (PPP)
$4.96B
GDP/capita (PPP)
$27,567
GDP growth
-0.6%
Inflation
2.0%
Unemployment
9.5%
👥 People
Life expectancy
72.8 yrs
Fertility rate
1.39
Pop. growth
0.2%
Urban population
29.1%
Infant mortality /1k
15.8
🌍 Quality of Life
Internet users
68.2%
Physicians /1k
4.23
Renewable energy
9.7%
Travel & practical
Capital
Castries
Currency
XCD
Dialing code
+1758
Internet TLD
.lc
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Fun facts about Saint Lucia
- 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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