Christmas Island
Territory of Christmas Island · Australia and New Zealand
Christmas Island is a territory in Australia and New Zealand, with Flying Fish Cove as its capital. Christmas Island shares no land border with any other country.
| Capital | Flying Fish Cove |
|---|---|
| Region | Australia and New Zealand |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD $) |
| Calling code | +61 |
| ISO codes | CX / CXR / 162 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇽 |
| Area | 135 km² |
| Languages | English |
| Internet domain | .cx |
| Demonym | Christmas Islander |
About Christmas Island
Christmas Island, officially Territory of Christmas Island, is a dependency or territory in Australia and New Zealand. Its capital and seat of government is Flying Fish Cove. It has no land borders. The official currency is the Australian dollar ($), using the code AUD.
To call Christmas Island from abroad, dial the country code +61. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CX (alpha-2) and CXR (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels.
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Why Christmas Island has its own code
ISO 3166-1 assigns codes to territories as well as to sovereign states, because the codes are used for shipping, banking, internet domains, statistics and data exchange rather than as a statement about statehood. That is why this territory appears in country dropdowns, address forms and datasets alongside places many times its size.
Christmas Island holds the alpha-2 code CX, the alpha-3 code CXR, the numeric code 162 and the internet domain .cx. The World Bank does not publish a separate population figure for it, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Calls are routed through the code +61.
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.