Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Svalbard og Jan Mayen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen sits in Northern Europe and uses NOK - krone (kr). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Longyearbyen
2.4K
Population
2.6K
2,562 people
Area
61.4K km2
61,399 square kilometers
Density
0/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Longyearbyen
78.22, 15.63
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Svalbard and Jan Mayen, officially listed here as Svalbard og Jan Mayen, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Svalbard and Jan Mayen, SJ, SJM, 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. Svalbard and Jan Mayen is grouped under Europe, more specifically Northern Europe, with Europe shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 2,562 people and a land area of 61,399 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 0 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 78, 20, while the capital coordinate reference is 78.22, 15.63. Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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 Longyearbyen (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Longyearbyen. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, capital of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and major urban areas in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. 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 not listed. 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
Svalbard and Jan Mayen uses calling code +47, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC+01:00. 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 NOK - krone (kr), while language records include Norwegian. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as N. 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 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
SJ / SJM
Top-level domains
.sj
Continents
Europe
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
N
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Svalbard and Jan Mayen is represented by the SJ country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Longyearbyen
2,417
primary
Governance
Government type
Not listed
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
+47
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Languages
Norwegian
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry