Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Alofi
- Region
- Oceania, Polynesia
- Population
- 2,166
- Area
- 260 km²
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar (NZD)
- Languages
- Niuean, English
- Calling code
- +683
- Internet domain
- .nu
- ISO codes
- NU, NIU, 570
- Time zone
- UTC-11:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Niue covers about 260 square kilometres. By area it ranks 220th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saint Kitts and Nevis and a little larger than Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 19° south, 170° west, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 2,166 people live in Niue (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 238th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 8.3 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: Niuean, English. A person from Niue is called Niuean.
Money and economy
The currency is the New Zealand dollar (code NZD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Cook Islands, New Zealand, Pitcairn Islands, Tokelau.
Time
Niue uses one time zone, UTC-11:00 (Pacific/Niue). 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 |
|---|---|
| Alofi | 624 |
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 Polynesia
American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu. 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.