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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands is in Australia and New Zealand. It is not a member state of the United Nations. It is listed here because it has its own country code. Its official name is Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The capital is West Island.

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Key facts

Capital
West Island
Region
Oceania, Australia and New Zealand
Population
628
Area
14 km²
Currency
Australian dollar (AUD)
Languages
Malay (macrolanguage), English
Calling code
+61
Internet domain
.cc
ISO codes
CC, CCK, 166
Time zone
UTC+6:30
United Nations
Not a member
Postal code pattern
#### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands covers about 14 square kilometres. By area it ranks 246th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saint Barthélemy and a little larger than Tokelau. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 12° south, 97° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

About 628 people live in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 243rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 45 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: Malay (macrolanguage), English. A person from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is called Cocos Islander.

Money and economy

The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Australia, Christmas Island, Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu.

Time

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands uses one time zone, UTC+6:30 (Indian/Cocos). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

CityPeople
West Island120

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Australia and New Zealand

Australia, Christmas Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.