Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- King Edward Point
- Region
- Antarctic
- Population
- 30
- Area
- 3,903 km²
- Currency
- Saint Helena pound (SHP)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +500
- Internet domain
- .gs
- ISO codes
- GS, SGS, 239
- Time zone
- UTC-2:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- SIQQ 1ZZ (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
South Georgia covers about 3,903 square kilometres. By area it ranks 179th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Cape Verde and a little larger than Samoa. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 54° south, 37° west, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 30 people live in South Georgia (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 246th 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: English. A person from South Georgia is called South Georgian South Sandwich Islander.
Money and economy
The currency is the Saint Helena pound (code SHP, symbol £). It is also the main currency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
Time
South Georgia uses one time zone, UTC-2:00 (Atlantic/South Georgia). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
Time now: loading
Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Grytviken | 2 |
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, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands. 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.