Grenada vs Saint Helena
Saint Helena is 13% larger than Grenada.
GrenadaSaint HelenaGrenada moved onto Saint Helena · Equal-area projection
Remote islands and overseas parts not drawn; the figures include them
0.89×
Grenada is 0.89× the area of Saint Helena. Put the other way, Saint Helena is 1.13× the size of Grenada.
 Grenada |  Saint Helena | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| AreaSaint Helena: 1.13× the area | 349 km²#185 of 194 | 394 km² |
| Coastline | Coast, no land border | Coast, no land border |
| Land neighbours | 0 | 0 |
| People | ||
| PopulationGrenada: 20.8× the population | 117,303#180 of 194 · 2025 | 5,6332016 |
| DensityGrenada: 23.5× the density | 336 / km²#24 of 194 | 14 / km² |
| Urban population | 37%#157 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Fertility rate | 1.47 per woman#141 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Population growth | +0.08%#152 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Birth rate | 11.5 per 1,000#116 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Death rate | 8.9 per 1,000#55 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Children under 15 | 19.0%#119 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| People over 65 | 12.6%#66 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Net migration | −1.6 per 1,000#131 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Refugees abroad | 1.00 per 1,000#60 of 190 · 2025 | — |
| Health & education | ||
| Life expectancy | 75.4 years#83 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Infant mortality | 16.4 per 1,000 births#75 of 191 · 2024 | — |
| Doctors | 1.38 per 1,000#97 of 178 · 2018 | — |
| Human Development Index | 0.791#79 of 190 · 2023 | — |
| Economy | ||
| GNI per capita | $11,660#76 of 185 · 2025 | — |
| GDP | $1.42B2025 | — |
| Income group | Upper-middle income | — |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $21,346#89 of 184 · 2025 | — |
| GDP growth | +4.4%#58 of 187 · 2025 | — |
| Inflation | +0.6%#153 of 176 · 2025 | — |
| Extreme poverty | 0.8%#92 of 149 · 2018 | — |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 43.8#20 of 149 · 2018 | — |
| Foreign investment | 12.0% of GDP#11 of 184 · 2025 | — |
| Internet users | 70%#119 of 184 · 2024 | — |
| Mobile subscriptions | 96 per 100#135 of 191 · 2022 | — |
| Energy & environment | ||
| Forest area | 52% of land#44 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| CO₂ per person | 1.50 t a year#115 of 185 · 2024 | — |
| Renewable energy | 10.0%#142 of 190 · 2022 | — |
| Access to electricity | 95.6%#129 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) | 11.0 µg/m³#146 of 191 · 2023 | — |
| Protected land | 8.8% of land#147 of 191 · 2025 | — |
| Arable land | 8.7% of land#110 of 190 · 2024 | — |
| Water stress | 7.1%#105 of 176 · 2022 | — |
| Precipitation | 2,350 mm#17 of 180 · 2022 | — |
| Governance & safety | ||
| Political stability | +1.24#18 of 193 · 2025 | — |
| Control of corruption | +0.50#60 of 193 · 2025 | — |
| Homicide rate | 13.7 per 100,000#21 of 146 · 2023 | — |
| State | ||
| Status | Independent state | Territory of United Kingdom |
| Government | Constitutional monarchyparliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm | Dependent territoryparliamentary democracy |
| Capital | Saint George's | Jamestown |
| Currency | Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD) | Pound sterling (GBP), Saint Helena pound (SHP) |
| Official languages | English, Grenadian Creole English | English |
| Traffic drives | On the left | On the left |
| Time zone | UTC−4 | UTC |
| Calling code | +1 473 | +290, +247 |
| Region | Caribbean, North America | Western Africa, Africa |
Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Grenada sits at about 12° N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Saint Helena at 12° S is stretched to 1.05×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Grenada bigger than Saint Helena?
- No. Grenada is 11% smaller than Saint Helena. Grenada covers 349 km² and Saint Helena covers 394 km².
- How many times does Grenada fit into Saint Helena?
- About 1.1 times: Saint Helena has 1.13× the area of Grenada.
- Why do Grenada and Saint Helena look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Grenada is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Saint Helena about 1.05×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Grenada or Saint Helena?
- Grenada: 117,303 people against 5,633. Density: Grenada 336 per km², Saint Helena 14 per km².
- What kind of government do Grenada and Saint Helena have?
- By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Grenada: constitutional monarchy; Saint Helena: dependent territory.