Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Douglas
- Region
- Europe, Northern Europe
- Population
- 84,118 (2025)
- Area
- 572 km²
- Currency
- British pound (GBP), Manx pound (IMP)
- Languages
- English, Manx
- Calling code
- +44-1624
- Internet domain
- .im
- ISO codes
- IM, IMN, 833
- Time zone
- UTC
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- @# #@@|@## #@@|@@# #@@|@@## #@@|@#@ #@@|@@#@ #@@|GIR0AA (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Isle of Man covers about 572 square kilometres. By area it ranks 199th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saint Lucia and a little larger than Guam. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 54° north, 4° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 84,118 people live in the Isle of Man (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 203rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 147 people to each square kilometre. About 52 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 81 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Manx. A person from the Isle of Man is called Manx.
Money and economy
The currency is the British pound (code GBP, symbol £). It is also the main currency of Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom. Also listed as used here: Manx pound (IMP). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 7.58 billion (2023), which is about US$ 90,015 for each person (2023).
Time
The Isle of Man uses one time zone, UTC (Europe/Isle of Man). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Douglas | 26,218 |
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 Northern Europe
Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Jersey. 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.