Grenada 🇬🇩

Grenada is a country in North America with a population of 125,438. Its capital is Saint George's. The official currency is XCD, and the main languages are English.

Quick facts

Capital: Saint George's
Continent: North America
Population: 125,438
Area: 344 km²
Density: 365 people per km²
Currency: XCD
Languages: English
ISO code: GD

Where Grenada sits

Grenada 🇬🇩 is one of 23 countries in North America, with its capital at Saint George's. It covers 344 square kilometres — 187th in the world — and is home to about 125,438 people, 181st 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 Grenada compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Grenada sits closest to Kiribati and Micronesia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Malta and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

At 365 people per square kilometre it is about 6.1 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis, and 2 others.

To see Grenada 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 Grenada

St. George's is built around a horseshoe-shaped harbour, with the hillside of an old volcanic crater behind it. For the flag, look for the little nutmeg on the green triangle: it is a clue to the 'Island of Spice'.

The flag of Grenada: red, yellow and green

🇬🇩 The flag is a wide red border with six yellow stars, around a field divided diagonally into yellow and green triangles, with a yellow star on a red disc in the centre and a nutmeg on the green triangle at the left. The seven stars stand for the country's administrative divisions, with the central one for the capital, St. George's. Yellow stands for the sun and the warmth of the people, green for plants and farming, and red for harmony, unity and courage. The nutmeg stands for the island's famous spice.

Region and neighbours

Grenada is a small island country in the southeastern Caribbean, north of Trinidad, made up of the island of Grenada, Carriacou, Petite Martinique and several smaller islands. As an island country it has no land neighbours.

Three facts about Grenada

Grenada is known as the 'Island of Spice' because it produces nutmeg and mace.
The island is volcanic, with old explosion craters such as Grand Etang and Lake Antoine. Its highest point is Mount St. Catherine, at 840 m.
Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom on 7 February 1974, and its flag was adopted the same year.

Sources: Wikipedia: Grenada, Wikipedia: Flag of Grenada, Wikipedia: St. George's, Grenada, Wikipedia: Nutmeg, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Grenada

North American capitals quiz — match Grenada to Saint George's
North American flags quiz — spot the Grenada flag among its neighbours
Island nations quiz — Grenada is an island country

Quizzes that include Grenada

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Grenada 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 Saint George's
Grenada capital quiz — five quick questions starting with Grenada
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.

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
Guatemala 🇬🇹 — capital Guatemala City
Haiti 🇭🇹 — capital Port-au-Prince

Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Grenada flag?

The flag of Grenada is a wide red border with six yellow stars, around a field divided diagonally into yellow and green triangles, with a yellow star on a red disc in the centre and a nutmeg on the green triangle at the left. The seven stars stand for the country's administrative divisions, with the central one for the capital, St. George's. Yellow stands for the sun and the warmth of the people, green for plants and farming, and red for harmony, unity and courage. The nutmeg stands for the island's famous spice.

Which countries border Grenada?

None. Grenada is a small island country in the southeastern Caribbean, north of Trinidad, made up of the island of Grenada, Carriacou, Petite Martinique and several smaller islands, so it has no land borders with other countries.