North America · Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands covers about 445 km² (172 mi²), the 202nd largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 445km²Area, main territory
- 45,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
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- Turks and Caicos Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 445 km²172 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 417 km²Wikidata · 6.8% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Cockburn Town |
| Population | 45,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 100 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 22°N |
| In other languages | Islas Turcas y Caicos Español · Turks- und Caicosinseln Deutsch · Îles Turques-et-Caïques Français · Ilhas Turcas e Caicos Português · タークス・カイコス諸島 日本語 · 特克斯和凯科斯群岛 中文 · 터크스 케이커스 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | North America |
What the numbers say about Turks and Caicos Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 38,141× the size of Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Turks and Caicos Islands lies at 22°N, 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, Turks and Caicos Islands's main territory stretches about 74 km north to south and 140 km east to west.
- Our measured 445 km² is 6.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 417 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Turks and Caicos Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 445 km² | 199th of 239 |
| Population | 45,000 | 209th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Turks and Caicos Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 548 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 803 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 839 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,231 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 7,077 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 19,031 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 21,221 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 38,141 its size |
Where Turks and Caicos Islands sits
- Turks and Caicos Islands's centre lies at 21.8°N, 71.9°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,420 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 21°N to 22°N, about 70 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, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11