South America
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands covers about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²), the 164th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Qatar, at about 11,200 km².
- 11,600km²Area, main territory
- 3,660Population
- 0.38In Belgiums
The boundary or political status of this area is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.
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- Falkland Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 11,600 km²4,480 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata · 4.7% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.38 |
| Capital | Stanley |
| Population | 3,660Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 0.3 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 52°S to 51°S |
| In other languages | Islas Malvinas Español · Falklandinseln Deutsch · Îles Malouines Français · Ilhas Malvinas Português · フォークランド諸島 日本語 · 福克兰群岛 中文 · 포클랜드 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | South America#13 of 13 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Falkland Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 1,464× the size of Falkland Islands.
- Falkland Islands ranks 163rd of 239 by area but only 228th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
- At 0.3 people per km², Falkland Islands is the 182nd most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 52°S is drawn about 2.6× too large in area, so Falkland Islands looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Falkland Islands's main territory stretches about 152 km north to south and 247 km east to west.
- Our measured 11,600 km² is 4.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
How Falkland Islands measures up
Falkland Islands holds 0.1% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 13 countries listed for South America.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 11,600 km² | 163rd of 239 |
| Population | 3,660 | 228th of 237 |
| Density | 0.3 per km² | 182nd of 185 |
| Farthest north | 51.7°S | 212th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Falkland Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.38× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 272 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 731 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 815 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,464 its size |
Where Falkland Islands sits
- Falkland Islands's centre lies at 51.7°S, 59.4°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 5,750 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 52°S to 51°S, about 150 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
If Falkland Islands had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Falkland Islands would have 14.5 million people. It has 3,660.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Falkland Islands would have 43,000 people. It has 3,660.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 839,000.
About the same size as
Largest in South America
- Brazil8,473,000 km²
- Argentina2,783,000 km²
- Peru1,290,000 km²
- Colombia1,135,000 km²
- Bolivia1,087,000 km²
- Falkland Islands#13 · 11,600 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11