Lesser Antilles
Name Subdivisions Area ( km² ) Population ( 1 July 2005 est . ) Population density ( per km² ) Capital
Antigua and Barbuda Parishes 440 85,632 195 St. John 's
Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda 161 1,370 9.65 Codrington
Antigua and Barbuda Redonda 2 0 0 n/a
Barbados Parishes 431 284,589 660 Bridgetown
Dominica Parishes 754 72,660 96.3 Roseau
Grenada Parishes 344 110,000 319.8 St. George 's
Saint Kitts and Nevis Parishes 261 42,696 163.5 Basseterre
Saint Kitts and Nevis Nevis 93 12,106 130.1 Charlestown
Saint Lucia Quarters 616 173,765 282 Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Parishes 389 110,000 283 Kingstown
Trinidad and Tobago Regional corporations 5,131 1,299,953 253.3 Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago Tobago 300 54,000 180 Scarborough
Total 8,367 2,179,295 260.5
Political divisions -- Sovereign states
The Lesser Antilles (Spanish: Pequeñas Antillas; French: Petites Antilles; Papiamento: Antias Menor; Dutch: Kleine Antillen) is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most form a long, partly volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north-west and the continent of South America. The islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles compose the Antilles (or the Caribbean in its narrowest definition). When combined with the Lucayan Archipelago, all three are known as the West Indies.