Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Kingston
- Region
- Oceania, Australia and New Zealand
- Population
- 1,828
- Area
- 35 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +672
- Internet domain
- .nf
- ISO codes
- NF, NFK, 574
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Norfolk Island covers about 35 square kilometres. By area it ranks 239th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Pitcairn Islands and a little larger than United States Minor Outlying Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 29° south, 168° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 1,828 people live in Norfolk Island (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 239th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 53 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: English. A person from Norfolk Island is called Norfolk Islander.
Money and economy
The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu.
Time
Norfolk Island uses one time zone, UTC+12:00 (Pacific/Norfolk). 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 |
|---|---|
| Kingston | 880 |
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, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, New Zealand. 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.