Christmas Island
Territory of Christmas Island
Christmas Island sits in Australia and New Zealand and uses AUD - Australian dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Flying Fish Cove
Coordinates
-10.5, 105.66666666
Borders
None
Timezone
UTC+07:00
Driving
left
Population
1.7K
1,692 people
Area
135 km2
135 square kilometers
Density
13/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Flying Fish Cove
-10.42, 105.68
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Christmas Island, officially listed here as Territory of Christmas Island, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Christmas Island, CX, CXR, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Christmas Island is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Australia and New Zealand, with Asia shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 1,692 people and a land area of 135 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 13 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -10.5, 105.66666666, while the capital coordinate reference is -10.42, 105.68. Christmas Island has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Flying Fish Cove (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Flying Fish Cove. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Christmas Island, capital of Christmas Island, and major urban areas in Christmas Island. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Directly administered dependency. The classification fields mark sovereignty as no, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Christmas Island uses calling code +61, postal format ####, and time zone data listed as UTC+07:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists AUD - Australian dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as AUS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Christmas Island profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
CX / CXR
Top-level domains
.cx
Continents
Asia
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
AUS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Christmas Island is represented by the CX country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Flying Fish Cove
1,599
primary
Governance
Government type
Directly administered dependency
Sovereign
No
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+61
Postal format
####
Timezones
UTC+07:00
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry