North America · Caribbean
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia covers about 605 km² (234 mi²), the 191st largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 605km²Area, main territory
- 168,000Population
- 0.02In Belgiums
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- Saint Lucia
Facts
| Area, main territory | 605 km²234 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 617 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.02 |
| Capital | Castries |
| Population | 168,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 277 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 14°N |
| In other languages | Santa Lucía Español · St. Lucia Deutsch · Sainte-Lucie Français · Santa Lúcia Português · セントルシア 日本語 · 圣卢西亚 中文 · 세인트루시아 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#19 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Saint Lucia
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 28,062× the size of Saint Lucia.
- Saint Lucia lies at 14°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Saint Lucia's main territory stretches about 44 km north to south and 21 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 617 km² agrees with our measured area of 605 km², to within 2%.
How Saint Lucia measures up
Saint Lucia holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 8th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 605 km² | 189th of 239 |
| Population | 168,000 | 184th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 13.9°N | 124th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Saint Lucia is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 403 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 591 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 617 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 905 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 5,207 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 14,002 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 15,613 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 28,062 its size |
Where Saint Lucia sits
- Saint Lucia's centre lies at 13.9°N, 61.0°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,550 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 14°N to 14°N, about 40 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11