Saint Lucia 🇱🇨
Saint Lucia is a country in North America with a population of 179,857. Its capital is Castries. The official currency is XCD, and the main languages are English.
Quick facts
- Capital: Castries
- Continent: North America
- Population: 179,857
- Area: 616 km²
- Density: 292 people per km²
- Currency: XCD
- Languages: English
- ISO code: LC
Where Saint Lucia sits
Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 is one of 23 countries in North America, with its capital at Castries. It covers 616 square kilometres — 180th in the world — and is home to about 179,857 people, 179th globally.
The countries it shares a continent with include United States, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala and Haiti. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.
How Saint Lucia compares
Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Saint Lucia sits closest to Samoa and São Tomé and Príncipe. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Micronesia and Singapore.
At 292 people per square kilometre it is about 4.9 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.
English is an official language in 58 countries here, among them Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas and Barbados, and 53 others. The XCD is shared with 5 other countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Grenada, and 2 others.
To see Saint Lucia next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.
How to remember Saint Lucia
The flag is a picture of the Pitons, two pointed mountains rising out of the sea. Castries, the capital, is a harbour on the northwest coast; say it 'KAS-trees'.
The flag of Saint Lucia: blue, gold, black and white
🇱🇨 The flag is a blue flag with a gold triangle in front of a black triangle edged in white, all in the centre. The triangles show the Pitons, the island's two famous volcanic peaks. Blue stands for the sea and sky, gold for sunshine, and black and white for the people working together.
Region and neighbours
Saint Lucia is a volcanic island country in the eastern Caribbean, in the Windward Islands, between Martinique and Saint Vincent. As an island country it has no land neighbours.
Three facts about Saint Lucia
- The Pitons, two volcanic peaks on the southwest coast, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The island is named after Saint Lucy of Syracuse, and it is often said to be the only country named after a woman.
- Two people born in Saint Lucia have won Nobel Prizes: the economist Sir Arthur Lewis and the poet Derek Walcott.
Sources: Wikipedia: Saint Lucia, Wikipedia: Flag of Saint Lucia, Wikipedia: Castries, CIA World Factbook.
Quiz yourself on Saint Lucia
- North American capitals quiz — match Saint Lucia to Castries
- North American flags quiz — spot the Saint Lucia flag among its neighbours
- Island nations quiz — Saint Lucia is an island country
Quizzes that include Saint Lucia
Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Saint Lucia those are:
- North America map quiz — place it on a blank map
- North America flags quiz — identify its flag among its neighbours
- North America capitals quiz — match it to Castries
- Saint Lucia capital quiz — five quick questions starting with Saint Lucia
- Daily Map Challenge — five countries to find on a blank world map, the same five for everyone each day
Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.
Read more about Saint Lucia
- Capital of Saint Lucia: Castries — the capital in detail, with size and density rankings
- All 23 countries of North America
Nearby countries
- Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 — capital Saint John's
- Bahamas 🇧🇸 — capital Nassau
- Barbados 🇧🇧 — capital Bridgetown
- Belize 🇧🇿 — capital Belmopan
- Canada 🇨🇦 — capital Ottawa
- Costa Rica 🇨🇷 — capital San José
- Cuba 🇨🇺 — capital Havana
- Dominica 🇩🇲 — capital Roseau
- Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 — capital Santo Domingo
- El Salvador 🇸🇻 — capital San Salvador
- Grenada 🇬🇩 — capital Saint George's
- Guatemala 🇬🇹 — capital Guatemala City
Frequently asked questions
What are the colours of the Saint Lucia flag?
The flag of Saint Lucia is a blue flag with a gold triangle in front of a black triangle edged in white, all in the centre. The triangles show the Pitons, the island's two famous volcanic peaks. Blue stands for the sea and sky, gold for sunshine, and black and white for the people working together.
Which countries border Saint Lucia?
None. Saint Lucia is a volcanic island country in the eastern Caribbean, in the Windward Islands, between Martinique and Saint Vincent, so it has no land borders with other countries.
How can I remember the capital of Saint Lucia?
The flag is a picture of the Pitons, two pointed mountains rising out of the sea. Castries, the capital, is a harbour on the northwest coast; say it 'KAS-trees'.