Official Names: Svalbard / Spitsbergen / Spitzbergen

Form of Government: Sovereign State of Norway

Administrative Centre: Longyearbyen

Area: 62,045 km² (23,956 sq mi)

Time Zone: UTC+01:00 (CET)

Population: 2,530 (2023 Estimate)

Population Density: 0.044/km² (0.1/sq mi)

Life Expectancy: 80.2 (Men); 83.8 (Women)

Official Language: Norwegian

Literacy Rate: 100 %

Religion: Church of Norway

Demographics (2016): 1,912 Norwegian; 423 Russian and Ukrainian; 10 Polish; 322 non-Norwegian (German, Swedish, Danish, and Thai)

National Day: 17 May (Norwegian Constitution Day)

Calling Code: +47

Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)

Highest Point: Newtontoppen / Newton Peak (1,713 metres)