Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Port-aux-Français
- Region
- Antarctic
- Population
- 140
- Area
- 7,829 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- French
- Calling code
- +262
- Internet domain
- .tf
- ISO codes
- TF, ATF, 260
- Time zone
- UTC+5:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands covers about 7,829 square kilometres. By area it ranks 173rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Puerto Rico and a little larger than Palestine. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 49° south, 69° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 140 people live in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 244th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 0.0 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: French.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more.
Time
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands uses one time zone, UTC+5:00 (Indian/Kerguelen). 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 |
|---|---|
| Port-aux-Français | 45 |
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 the Antarctic region
Antarctica, Bouvet Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, South Georgia. 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.