Saint Lucia

• Area: 616 sq. km (238 sq. mi.)
• Population: 164,464 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 0.33% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 77.8 years (2016)
• Languages: English (official), French patois
• Religions: Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafarian 1.9%, other 0.4%, none 5.9%, unspecified 1.4%
• Alternate names: Colony of Saint Lucia, Saint Lucia Colony, State of Saint Lucia
• Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
• Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Allen CHASTANET
• Capital: Castries
• Administrative divisions: 10 districts
• GDP per capita (PPP): $11,700 (2015 est.)
• Exports: bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, avocados, mangoes, coconut oil (2010 est.)
• Imports: food, manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels
• Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

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