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Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen is in Northern Europe. It is not a member state of the United Nations. It is listed here because it has its own country code. Its official name is Svalbard og Jan Mayen. In the language of the place it is called Svalbard og Jan Mayen. The capital is Longyearbyen.

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Key facts

Capital
Longyearbyen
Region
Europe, Northern Europe
Population
2,550
Area
62,049 km²
Currency
krone (NOK)
Languages
Norwegian, Russian
Calling code
+47
Internet domain
.sj
ISO codes
SJ, SJM, 744
Time zone
UTC+1:00
United Nations
Not a member
Postal code pattern
#### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Svalbard and Jan Mayen covers about 62,049 square kilometres. By area it ranks 127th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Latvia and a little larger than Togo. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 78° north, 20° east, in the northern hemisphere.

People

About 2,550 people live in Svalbard and Jan Mayen (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 237th 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: Norwegian, Russian. A person from Svalbard and Jan Mayen is called Norwegian.

Money and economy

The currency is the krone (code NOK, symbol kr). It is also the main currency of Norway.

Time

Svalbard and Jan Mayen uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Arctic/Longyearbyen). 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

CityPeople
Longyearbyen2,368

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, Isle of Man. 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.