Oceania · Polynesia
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands covers about 43 km² (16.4 mi²), the 233rd largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 42.6km²Area, main territory
- 50Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
100 km
- Pitcairn Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 42.6 km²16.4 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 46.5 km²Wikidata · 8.4% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Adamstown |
| Population | 50Wikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 1.2 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 25°S to 24°S |
| In other languages | Islas Pitcairn Español · Pitcairninseln Deutsch · Îles Pitcairn Français · Ilhas Pitcairn Português · ピトケアン諸島 日本語 · 皮特凯恩群岛 中文 · 핏케언 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about Pitcairn Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 398,596× the size of Pitcairn Islands.
- Pitcairn Islands lies at 24°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Pitcairn Islands's main territory stretches about 127 km north to south and 605 km east to west.
- Our measured 42.6 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 46.5 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Pitcairn Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 42.6 km² | 228th of 239 |
| Population | 50 | 235th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Pitcairn Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 720 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 5,723 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 8,396 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 8,768 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 12,860 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 73,961 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 198,889 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 221,770 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 398,596 its size |
Where Pitcairn Islands sits
- Pitcairn Islands's centre lies at 24.4°S, 128.5°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 2,710 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 25°S to 24°S, about 130 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, 2019; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11