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Grenada
Grenada is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is St. George's. About 111 thousand people live there, in an area of 344 square kilometres.
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Where is Grenada?
Grenada lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 349 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 121 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Grenada?
Grenada covers 344 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 7.5 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 184th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 324 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Grenada?
About 111 thousand people live in Grenada.
That is the 179th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Eastern Caribbean dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 65 years.
The land of Grenada
Its coast runs for about 121 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 6 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Grenada different?
A dish the country is known for: Oil Down.
Websites from here often end in .gd.
Grenada and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Grenada.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 34th largest of 35 countries, and the 31st most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Grenada?
The capital of Grenada is St. George's. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Grenada?
About 111 thousand people live in Grenada, which makes it the 179th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Grenada?
Grenada covers 344 square kilometres, making it the 184th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 7.5 times bigger.
Which continent is Grenada in?
Grenada is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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