Saint Lucia

North AmericaCapital city: CastriesCapital metro: CastriesPrime Minister: Philip J. PierreMonarch: πŸ‘‘ Charles III
2026 population
184K
Rank #197 globally
Area
616 kmΒ² (238 sq mi)
Metros tracked
1
36% of population in metros
Composite score
3.2
Rank #157 globally

population: Official estimate (1 Jul 2023) Β· indicators as of 2026-09-05 Β· 1 metros tracked

πŸ—ΊοΈ Geography1 metro

Saint Lucia metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.

Loading map…
1 polygons

Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

πŸ™οΈ 1 tracked metro
1 metros
#657Castriesβ˜… Capitalβ–² Largest
3.2
πŸ—‚οΈ Districts

10 entries listed under Saint Lucia. Click any to see its metros and footprint.

10 total
πŸ“‹ At a glance
Official language
English
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Legislature
Parliament of Saint Lucia
Demonym
Saint Lucian
Time zone
UTCβˆ’04:00
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+1758
Internet TLD
.lc
ISO 3166
LC
Established
1967
Highest point
Mount Gimie (952 m (3,123 ft))
National anthem
Sons and Daughters of Saint Lucia

Facts via Wikidata.

πŸ’Ή Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Human Dev. Index
#102 / 191
0.748
UNDP Β· 2023
GDP
#170 / 193
$2.7B
World Bank Β· 2025
GDP per capita
#68 / 193
$14.7k
World Bank Β· 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#71 / 190
$28.7k
World Bank Β· 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#71 / 192
$13.4k
World Bank Β· 2025
Life expectancy
#106 / 194
72.8 yrs
World Bank Β· 2024
Median age
33.7 yrs
UN WPP Β· 2023
Urban population
#174 / 194
29%
World Bank Β· 2025
Pop. growth
0.2%
World Bank Β· 2025
Pop. density
#29 / 193
294/kmΒ²
World Bank Β· 2023
Foreign-born
#95 / 193
4.5%
World Bank Β· 2024
Gini index
#143 / 166
43.7
World Bank Β· 2015
Internet users
#124 / 193
68%
World Bank Β· 2024
Inflation
#57 / 185
2.0%
World Bank Β· 2025
COβ‚‚ per capita
#101 / 192
3.0 t
Global Carbon Budget Β· 2024
Renewable electricity
#168 / 186
3%
Ember Β· 2024

Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; β˜… marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.

Alliances & Organisations5 full memberships

Political & Economic

Subregional

Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer

πŸ›οΈ Leadership History4 leaders Β· click to expand

marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.

πŸ‘‘ Charles III✦ Current

2022–Present

Monarch

Tenure: 3y 9m 25d

Philip J. Pierre✦ Current

2021–Present

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4y 11m 5d

Allen Chastanet

2016–2021

Prime Minister

Tenure: 5y 1m 21d

πŸ‘‘ Elizabeth II

1979–2022

Monarch

Tenure: 42y 10m 10d
πŸ“ˆ Power over timeThe Power Atlas β†’
Today
Minor#151 Β· 0.0%
3%5%8%10%2000
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
Saint Lucia Β· share of world power, 1979–2026

The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.

βš”οΈ Conflicts since 19451 interstate war Β· click to expand
Combat deaths: 102+

Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, β€œList of interstate wars since 1945.”

πŸ‘₯ Population over time
Population 2023
179k
#191 in the world
Since 1800
7.47Γ—
from 24k
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
0.00%
0.00% in 1800
45k90k135k180k18001850190019502000
Saint Lucia Β· people, 1800–2023 Β· dashed to 2026 is projected

Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.

πŸ‘₯ To 2100

The UN’s probabilistic projection for Saint Lucia: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.

Peak on the median
2032
181k on the UN median
2050
172k
95% band 114k to 250k
2100
108k
95% band 13k to 655k
2100 against 2025
0.60Γ—
median falling from 2033
Deaths outnumber births
from 2033
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
172k344k515k687k1950197520002025205020752100

Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.

estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration

What drives it

Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.

1950
4k born Β· 2k died Β· -2k net migration
TFR 6.42 Β· life expectancy 48.3 Β· median age 16.3
1960
4k born Β· 1k died Β· -2k net migration
TFR 6.77 Β· life expectancy 57.9 Β· median age 15.4
1970
4k born Β· 876 died Β· -2k net migration
TFR 6.10 Β· life expectancy 64.3 Β· median age 13.9
1980
4k born Β· 801 died Β· -1k net migration
TFR 4.41 Β· life expectancy 67.8 Β· median age 15.9
1990
4k born Β· 835 died Β· -2k net migration
TFR 3.24 Β· life expectancy 70.0 Β· median age 18.9
2000
3k born Β· 1k died Β· -176 net migration
TFR 2.21 Β· life expectancy 70.8 Β· median age 22.8
2010
2k born Β· 1k died Β· -170 net migration
TFR 1.67 Β· life expectancy 72.8 Β· median age 28.3
2020
2k born Β· 2k died Β· 0 net migration
TFR 1.41 Β· life expectancy 72.3 Β· median age 32.6
Show all 16 decades
2030
2k born Β· 2k died Β· -18 net migration
TFR 1.37 Β· life expectancy 73.7 Β· median age 37.0
2040
2k born Β· 2k died Β· -61 net migration
TFR 1.39 Β· life expectancy 75.3 Β· median age 41.8
2050
1k born Β· 2k died Β· -50 net migration
TFR 1.42 Β· life expectancy 76.8 Β· median age 45.7
2060
1k born Β· 2k died Β· -70 net migration
TFR 1.44 Β· life expectancy 78.3 Β· median age 48.2
2070
1k born Β· 2k died Β· -50 net migration
TFR 1.46 Β· life expectancy 79.7 Β· median age 49.6
2080
972 born Β· 2k died Β· -24 net migration
TFR 1.48 Β· life expectancy 81.1 Β· median age 50.6
2090
891 born Β· 2k died Β· -2 net migration
TFR 1.49 Β· life expectancy 82.4 Β· median age 50.9
2100
798 born Β· 2k died Β· -1 net migration
TFR 1.50 Β· life expectancy 83.8 Β· median age 51.0

Every country to 2100 β†’

Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.

πŸ† National Teams

Saint Lucia on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.

🏟️ League Hubs

Domestic league portals that operate in Saint Lucia: 1 league.