Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands · South America
The Falkland Islands is a territory in South America, with Stanley as its capital. The Falkland Islands shares no land border with any other country.
| Capital | Stanley |
|---|---|
| Region | South America |
| Currency | Falkland Islands pound (FKP £) |
| Calling code | +500 |
| ISO codes | FK / FLK / 238 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇫🇰 |
| Area | 12,173 km² |
| Languages | English |
| Internet domain | .fk |
| Demonym | Falkland Islander |
About Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands is a dependency or territory in South America. Its capital and seat of government is Stanley. It has no land borders. The official currency is the Falkland Islands pound (£), using the code FKP.
To call the Falkland Islands from abroad, dial the country code +500. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes FK (alpha-2) and FLK (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels.
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Why the Falkland Islands 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.
The Falkland Islands holds the alpha-2 code FK, the alpha-3 code FLK, the numeric code 238 and the internet domain .fk. 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 +500.
Flags with the same colours as the Falkland Islands
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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.