Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- none
- Region
- Americas, North America
- Population
- none
- Area
- 34 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1
- Internet domain
- .us
- ISO codes
- UM, UMI, 581
- Time zone
- UTC-11:00 to UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
Land and position
The United States Minor Outlying Islands covers about 34 square kilometres. By area it ranks 240th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Norfolk Island and a little larger than Sint Maarten. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 19° north, 167° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
It has no permanent population. Languages listed for it: English.
Money and economy
The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Marshall Islands and 7 more.
Time
The United States Minor Outlying Islands spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC-11:00 to UTC+12:00. 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.
More in North America
Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States. 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.