🇧🇿 Belize
Capital: Belmopan
Population: ~400,000
Former Name: British Honduras
Notable People: Shyne (rapper), Arlen Escarpeta (actor), Marion Jones (athlete)
Did You Know? Belize has the world's second-largest barrier reef and is home to the famous Blue Hole, a giant marine sinkhole!
🇬🇾 Guyana
Capital: Georgetown
Population: ~800,000
Former Name: British Guiana
Notable People: CCH Pounder (actress), Eddy Grant (musician), Clive Lloyd (cricket legend)
Did You Know? Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America and has massive oil reserves discovered in 2015!
🇩🇲 Dominica
Capital: Roseau
Population: ~72,000
Nickname: "Nature Island of the Caribbean"
Notable People: Jean Rhys (author), Lennox Honychurch (historian), Roosevelt Skerrit (politician)
Did You Know? Dominica is the only country in the world where sperm whales live year-round, and it's one of the few places to see them up close!
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
Capital: Castries
Population: ~180,000
Famous Landmark: The Piton Mountains (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Notable People: Derek Walcott (Nobel Prize winner), Julien Alfred (Olympic sprinter), Arthur Lewis (Nobel Prize winner)
Did You Know? Saint Lucia has produced TWO Nobel Prize winners - more per capita than any other country in the world!
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital: Kingstown
Population: ~110,000
Geography: 32 islands and cays
Notable People: Kevin Lyttle (musician), Adonal Foyle (basketball player), Son Mithun (golfer)
Did You Know? The Pirates of the Caribbean movies were filmed here, and it's home to the rare Saint Vincent parrot found nowhere else on Earth!
🇬🇩 Grenada
Capital: St. George's
Population: ~125,000
Nickname: "Spice Island"
Notable People: Kirani James (Olympic champion), Machel Montano (soca artist), Maurice Bishop (former leader)
Did You Know? Grenada produces 20% of the world's nutmeg supply and has the world's first underwater sculpture park!
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
Capital: St. John's
Population: ~100,000
Famous Claim: 365 beaches (one for each day of the year)
Notable People: Viv Richards (cricket legend), Jamaica Kincaid (author), Curtly Ambrose (cricketer)
Did You Know? Antigua is famous for having 365 beaches and is home to one of the Caribbean's most important sailing events, Antigua Sailing Week!
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Capital: Basseterre
Population: ~55,000
Record: Smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere
Notable People: Kim Collins (Olympic sprinter), Denzil Douglas (former PM), Joan Armatrading (singer)
Did You Know? Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in the Americas and was one of the first British colonies in the Caribbean!