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With its 102,918 people, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the
193rd largest country in the world by
population. It is the 198th largest country in the
world by area with 389 square kilometers.
Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
Languages spoken: English, French patois