Oceania · Australia and New Zealand
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island covers about 41 km² (15.9 mi²), the 234th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 41.1km²Area, main territory
- 1,750Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
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- Norfolk Island
Facts
| Area, main territory | 41.1 km²15.9 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 34.6 km²Wikidata · 19% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Kingston |
| Population | 1,750Wikidata, 2016 |
| Density | 43 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 29°S |
| In other languages | Isla Norfolk Español · Norfolkinsel Deutsch · Île Norfolk Français · Ilha Norfolk Português · ノーフォーク島 日本語 · 诺福克岛 中文 · 노퍽섬 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about Norfolk Island
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 413,143× the size of Norfolk Island.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 29°S is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Norfolk Island looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Norfolk Island's main territory stretches about 9.2 km north to south and 8.2 km east to west.
- Our measured 41.1 km² is 19% above Wikidata's official figure of 34.6 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Norfolk Island measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 41.1 km² | 229th of 239 |
| Population | 1,750 | 231st of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Norfolk Island is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 746 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 5,931 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 8,703 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 9,088 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 13,329 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 76,660 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 206,147 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 229,863 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 413,143 its size |
Where Norfolk Island sits
- Norfolk Island's centre lies at 29.0°S, 168.0°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 3,230 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 29°S to 29°S, about 10 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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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, 2016; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11