Population is about 29,884 people, the 219th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 256,892 of everyone alive.
Åland
Åland Islands
Europe
· Northern Europe
- ISO codes
- AX · ALD
- Density
- 19 /km²
- Languages
- Swedish
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Dial code
- +35818
- Internet domain
- .ax
- Time zones
- 1
- Coastline
- Has a coast
- Map centre
- 60.1560° N, 19.8700° E
- Demonym
- Ålandish
- UN region
- Northern Europe
- Economy
- Developed region: nonG7
- Income group
- High income: OECD
- Total GDP
- $1.56B
- Sovereignty
- Not independent · not a UN member
- Borders
- None
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By the numbers
How Åland stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.
Ten facts about Åland
The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.
Covers 1,580 km², making it the 181st largest country here - about 5 times the size of Malta.
Population density is about 19 people per km².
Has no land neighbours - it is an island nation, surrounded entirely by water.
Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.
Keeps a single time zone, Europe/Mariehamn.
The currency is the Euro (EUR, symbol €).
The official language is Swedish.
Dials on +35818 and uses the .ax internet domain.
Annual GDP is around $2 billion - the 199th largest economy here, or about $52,302 per person.
Local time
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