Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Stanley
- Region
- Americas, South America
- Population
- 2,638
- Area
- 12,173 km²
- Currency
- Falkland Islands pound (FKP)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +500
- Internet domain
- .fk
- ISO codes
- FK, FLK, 238
- Time zone
- UTC-3:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- FIQQ 1ZZ (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Falkland Islands covers about 12,173 square kilometres. By area it ranks 165th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Vanuatu and a little larger than Qatar. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 52° south, 59° west, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 2,638 people live in the Falkland Islands (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 236th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 0.2 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: English. A person from the Falkland Islands is called Falkland Islander.
Money and economy
The currency is the Falkland Islands pound (code FKP, symbol £).
Time
The Falkland Islands uses one time zone, UTC-3:00 (Atlantic/Stanley). 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
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Stanley | 2,213 |
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 South America
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana. 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.