SERIAL · 662North America
Saint Lucia
CapitalCastries
CurrencyXCD · Eastern Caribbean dollar
LanguageEnglish
Since1967
ISOLCA · LC
Population
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Watermark portrait: Derek Walcott
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern and southern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 (238 sq mi) with an officially estimated population of over 184,100 people as of mid 2023. The nation's capital and largest city is Castries.
Text: Wikipedia — Saint LuciaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-20
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Castries
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Official language
- English
- Drives on the
- Left
- Calling code
- +1758
- Licence plate code
- WL
- Top-level domain
- .lc
- Independence / founding
- 01 Mar 1967
- Highest point
- Mount Gimie (952 m)
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea (0 m)
- Anthem
- Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia
The World Bank does not publish figures for Saint Lucia, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Saint Lucia.
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
Sons and Daughters of Saint LuciaAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Castries · approx. UTC-4
Neighbours
Saint Lucia has no land borders
Landmarks
PitonsImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
Derek WalcottSaint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
Arthur LewisSaint Lucian economist (1915–1991)
Julien AlfredSaint Lucian sprinter (born 2001)
Philip J. PierrePrime Minister of Saint Lucia since 2021
Kenny AnthonyPrime Minister of Saint Lucia
Allen ChastanetPrime Minister of Saint Lucia from 2016 to 2021
Pearlette LouisyGovernor-General of Saint Lucia
John Compton1st and former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (1925–2007)
Neville CenacSaint Lucian politician
Levern SpencerSaint Lucian high jumper
Stephenson Kingformer Prime minister of Saint Lucia
Errol CharlesSaint Lucian politician
History
01 Mar 1967Saint Lucia — founding / independence (Wikidata)
Size, side by side
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1960 → now
2026
Population180,1492025
GDP$2.66B2025
GDP per person$14,7462025