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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia
Capital Castries
616 km² · 180,149 people (2025) · Eastern Caribbean dollar

The Pitons — Gros Piton at 771 m and Petit Piton at 743 m — are volcanic plugs rising straight out of the sea, and they appear on the flag. Sulphur Springs at Soufrière is often described as a drive-in volcano, because the road runs into the collapsed crater.

The facts

Capital
Castries
Area
616 km² — 238 sq mi
Population
180,149 (2025)
Density
292.4 people per km²
Currency
Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD, $)
Official language
English
Time zone
UTC-04:00
Calling code
+1758
Drives on the
left
ISO codes
LC · LCA
Continent
North America

How it compares

By area
183 of 200
By population
181 of 200

Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

Countries of a similar size

Country Area (km²) Population
Singapore 719 6,111,175
Micronesia 702 113,683
Saint Lucia ← 616 180,149
Andorra 468 82,904
Palau 459 17,663

Common questions

What is the capital of Saint Lucia?
Castries
What currency does Saint Lucia use?
The Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD).
How big is Saint Lucia?
616 km², or 238 square miles — 183 of 200 by area.
Which side of the road does Saint Lucia drive on?
The left.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked