Seven seas (open ocean)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands covers about 3,920 km² (1,510 mi²), the 177th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Cape Verde, at about 3,930 km².

3,920km²Area, main territory
40Population
0.13In Belgiums

200 km

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Facts

Area, main territory	3,920 km²1,510 mi²
Official area	4,070 km²Wikidata · 3.6% above our measure
In Belgiums	0.13
Capital	Grytviken; King Edward Point
Population	40Wikidata, 2019
Density	0.0 people per km²
Latitude range	59°S to 54°S
In other languages	Islas Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur Español · Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln Deutsch · Géorgie du Sud et les îles Sandwich du Sud Français · Ilhas Geórgia do Sul e Sandwich do Sul Português · サウスジョージア・サウスサンドウィッチ諸島日本語 · 南乔治亚和南桑威奇群岛中文 · 사우스조지아 사우스샌드위치 제도 한국어
Continent	Seven seas (open ocean)

What the numbers say about South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Russia, the largest place listed, is 4,330× the size of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 176th of 239 by area but only 236th of 237 by population: it holds fewer people than its size suggests.
At 0.0 people per km², South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is the 185th 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 55°S is drawn about 3.0× too large in area, so South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's main territory stretches about 641 km north to south and 706 km east to west.
Our measured 3,920 km² is 3.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,070 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

How South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands measures up

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	3,920 km²	176th of 239
Population	40	236th of 237
Density	0.0 per km²	185th of 185

Compared with	Its area	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is
Belgium	30,700 km²	0.13× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	0.02× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	0.01× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	0.01× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.01× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	1 in 803 its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	1 in 2,161 its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	1 in 2,409 its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	1 in 4,330 its size

Where South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sits

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's centre lies at 54.7°S, 36.0°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 6,080 km from the equator.
Its main territory spans 59°S to 54°S, about 610 km from its southern edge to its northern.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

If South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands would have 4.9 million people. It has 40.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands would have 15,000 people. It has 40.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 284,000.

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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

Full method