Map of Grenada
Grenada is a country in North America with its capital at St. George's, home to about 117,303 people across 349 km². The interactive map below plots 1 cities and towns and 1 mountain summits recorded for Grenada in YearMaps.
- Population
- 117,303
- Area
- 349 km²
- Capital
- St. George's
- Continent
- North America
Interactive Map of Grenada
Centred on St. George's at 12.0526° N, 61.7416° W. Use the layer panel to switch on rivers, dams, ports, peaks and historical borders.
About Grenada
Grenada is an archipelagic country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Trinidad and the South American mainland.
Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and several small islands that lie to the north of the main island and are a part of the Grenadines. Its size is 344 square kilometres (133 sq mi), with an estimated population of 117,362 as of 2026. Its capital is St. George's. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace.
Before the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, Grenada was inhabited by Indigenous peoples from South America called Kalinago. Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the Americas. Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island, due to resistance from resident Kalinago people, French settlement and colonisation began in 1649 and continued for the next century. Between 1669 and 1808, according to the Voyages database, approximately 127,600 African slaves were brought to Grenada by the British and French. On 10 February 1763, Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris. British rule continued until 1974 (except for a brief French takeover between 1779 and 1783). From 1958 to 1962, Grenada was part of the Federation of the West Indies, a short-lived federation of British West Indian colonies. On 3 March 1967, it was granted full autonomy over its internal affairs as an Associated State.
Independence was granted on 7 February 1974 under the leadership of Eric Gairy, who became the first prime minister of Grenada as a sovereign state. The new country became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. In March 1979, the Marxist–Leninist New JEWEL Movement overthrew Gairy's government in a coup and established the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), a de facto dictatorship headed by Maurice Bishop as prime minister. Bishop was later arrested and executed by members of the People's Revolutionary Army (PRA), which was followed by a U.S.-led invasion in October 1983. The current head of state is King Charles III, King of Grenada, who is represented by the Governor-General of Grenada.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Grenada (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Geography and Climate of Grenada
The indigenous Carib people inhabited Grenada when Christopher COLUMBUS landed on the island in 1498, but it remained uncolonized for more than a century. The French settled Grenada in the 17th century, established sugar estates, and imported large numbers of African slaves. Britain took the island in 1762 and vigorously expanded sugar production. In the 19th century, cacao eventually surpassed sugar as the main export crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg became the leading export. In 1967, Britain gave Grenada autonomy over its internal affairs. Full independence was attained in 1974, making Grenada one of the smallest independent countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1979, a leftist New Jewel Movement seized power under Maurice BISHOP, ushering in the Grenada Revolution. On 19 October 1983, factions within the revolutionary government overthrew and killed BISHOP and members of his party. Six days later, US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations intervened, quickly capturing the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Rule of law was restored, and democratic elections were reinstituted the following year and have continued since.
- Location
- Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Climate
- Tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds.
- Terrain
- Volcanic in origin with central mountains.
- Highest point
- Mount Saint Catherine 840 m.
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea 0 m.
- Coastline
- 121 km.
- Land borders
- Total: 0 km.
- Natural resources
- Timber, tropical fruit.
- Land use
- Agricultural land: 23.5% (2023 est.); arable land: 8.8% (2023 est.); permanent crops: 11.8% (2023 est.); permanent pasture: 2.9% (2023 est.); forest: 52.1% (2023 est.); other: 24.4% (2023 est.)
- Natural hazards
- Lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November volcanism: Mount Saint Catherine (840 m) is on the island of Grenada; Kick 'em Jenny, an active submarine volcano (seamount) on the Caribbean Sea floor, lies about 8 km (5 mi) north of Grenada; these two volcanoes are at the southern end of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles that extends to the Dutch dependency of Saba in the north.
- Languages
- English (official), French patois.
- Religions
- Protestant 49.2% (includes Pentecostal 17.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 13.2%, Anglican 8.5%, Baptist 3.2%, Church of God 2.4%, Evangelical 1.9%, Methodist 1.6%, other 1.2%), Roman Catholic 36%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, Rastafarian 1.2%, other 5.5%, none 5.7%, unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)
- Ethnic groups
- African descent 82.4%, mixed 13.3%, East Indian 2.2%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est.)
- Economy
- Small OECS service-based economy; large tourism, construction, transportation, and education sectors; major spice exporter; shrinking but still high public debt; vulnerable to hurricanes; emerging blue economy incentives.
From the CIA World Factbook (public domain), archived edition of 2026-01-22. The Factbook is no longer updated, so figures reflect that edition.
Grenada in Numbers
- Population
- 117,303
- GDP
- US$1.4 billion
- GDP per person
- US$12,107
- Life expectancy
- 75.4 years
- Population growth
- 0.08% a year
- Population density
- 341 per km²
- Urban population
- 36.7%
- Surface area
- 344 km²
- Forest cover
- 51.5%
- Arable land
- 8.7%
- Access to electricity
- 95.6%
- Internet users
- 70.2%
Indicators from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). The year under each figure is its reference year.
Grenada in Depth
History
Grenada is thought to have been first populated by peoples from South America during the Caribbean Archaic Age, although definitive evidence is lacking. The earliest potential human presence comes from proxy evidence of lake cores, beginning c. 3600 BC. Less ephemeral, permanent villages began c. 100–200. The population peaked between 750 and 1250, with major changes in population afterward, potentially the result of either the "Carib Invasion" (although highly contested), regional droughts, or both.
In 1498, Christopher Columbus was the first European to report sighting Grenada during his third voyage, naming it 'La Concepción', but Amerigo Vespucci may have renamed it 'Mayo' in 1499.
Geography
The island of Grenada is the southernmost island in the Antilles archipelago, bordering the eastern Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean, and roughly 140 km (90 mi) north of both Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Its sister islands make up the southern section of the Grenadines, which include Carriacou, Petite Martinique, Ronde Island, Caille Island, Diamond Island, Large Island, Saline Island, and Frigate Island; the remaining islands to the north belong to St Vincent and the Grenadines. Most of the population lives in Grenada, and major towns there include the capital, St. George's, Grenville and Gouyave. The largest settlement on the sister islands is Hillsborough on Carriacou.
Economy
Grenada has a small economy in which tourism is the major foreign exchange earner. Major short-term concerns are the rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance. Grenada shares a common central bank and a common currency (the East Caribbean dollar) with seven other members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Grenada has suffered from a heavy external debt problem, with government debt service payments running at about 25% of total revenues in 2017; Grenada was listed as ninth from bottom in a study of 126 developing countries.
Grenada is an exporter of several different spices, most notably nutmeg, its top export and depicted on the national flag, and mace.
Demographics
A majority of Grenadians (82%) are primarily descended from Africans. Few of the indigenous population remained after the French colonization of the island in the 17th century. A small percentage of descendants of indentured workers from India were brought to Grenada between 1857 and 1885. Today, Grenadians of Indian descent constitute 2.2% of the population. There is also a small community of French and English descendants. The rest of the population is of mixed descent (13%).
Grenada, like many of the Caribbean islands, is subject to a large amount of out-migration, with a large number of young people seeking more prospects abroad.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Grenada (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Grenada: Key Facts
| Currency | Eastern Caribbean dollar |
|---|---|
| Official languages | English, Grenadian Creole English |
| Head of state | Charles III |
| Head of government | Dickon Mitchell |
| Calling code | +1473 |
| Internet domain | .gd |
| Highest point | Mount Saint Catherine |
| Lowest point | Caribbean Sea |
| Established | 1974 |
Facts from Wikidata Q769 (CC0).
History of Grenada: Empires and States
The atlas records 5 polities whose mapped territory included part of Grenada, from Kingdom of France in 1653 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here | Extent |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of France | 1653–1782 CE | Nearly all |
| New France | 1653–1782 CE | Nearly all |
| British Colonial Empire | 1762–1995 CE | Nearly all |
| The British Empire | 1762–1995 CE | Nearly all |
| Grenada | 1976–2024 CE | Nearly all |
Historical Maps of Grenada
Grenada on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Visiting Grenada
Grenada (pronounced grih-NAY-duh) is a group of three larger islands (Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique) and several tiny islands in the Caribbean, or West Indies. It lies just north of Trinidad and Tobago, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It's known as the "Spice Isle", being a major source of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and cocoa. In 2022 the population was 125,000, heavily concentrated in the southwest of Grenada main island.
Travel notes adapted from Wikivoyage: Grenada (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Largest Cities in Grenada
1 city recorded. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint George's | 33,734 | — | National capital |
Highest Mountains in Grenada
1 mountain recorded. Ranked by summit elevation above sea level. A summit on a border is listed under both countries.
| # | Name | Elevation | Feet | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Saint Catherine | 840 m | 2,756 ft | North America |
Countries Bordering Grenada
Land and maritime neighbours.
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Grenada: Quick Answers
- What is the capital of Grenada?
- The capital of Grenada is St. George's.
- What is the population of Grenada?
- Grenada has a population of about 117,303, the #194 largest of 225 countries in YearMaps. Source: World Bank, 2025.
- How big is Grenada?
- Grenada covers 349 km², ranking #208 by area, with about 336 people per square kilometre.
- Which continent is Grenada in?
- Grenada is in North America.
- Which countries border Grenada?
- Grenada shares a land or maritime border with Venezuela.
- What is the largest city in Grenada?
- Saint George's is the largest city in Grenada, with a metropolitan population of about 33,734.
- What is the highest mountain in Grenada?
- The highest summit recorded for Grenada in YearMaps is Mount Saint Catherine at 840 m (2,756 ft). Summits on a border are counted for both countries.