Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia · Caribbean
Saint Lucia is a country in Caribbean, with Castries as its capital, home to about 180,149 people. Saint Lucia shares no land border with any other country.
| Capital | Castries |
|---|---|
| Region | Caribbean |
| Currency | Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD $) |
| Calling code | +1758 |
| ISO codes | LC / LCA / 662 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇱🇨 |
| Population | 180,149 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 616 km² |
| Languages | English |
| Internet domain | .lc |
| Demonym | Saint Lucian |
About Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is a United Nations member state in Caribbean. Its capital and seat of government is Castries. It is an island nation with no land borders. The official currency is the Eastern Caribbean dollar ($), using the code XCD.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Saint Lucia for Castries’s own facts and history.
To call Saint Lucia from abroad, dial the country code +1758. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes LC (alpha-2) and LCA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 180,149.
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How Saint Lucia compares
- Area: 616 km², ranking 177 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 180,149, ranking 176 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 292 people per square kilometre.
- Currency reach: 7 other countries and territories use the Eastern Caribbean dollar (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Saint Lucia
7 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (yellow, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.