Christmas Island
Territory of Christmas Island
Christmas Island (CX, CXR) is a territory in Australia and New Zealand, with Flying Fish Cove as its capital. The currency is the Australian Dollar (AUD, A$). The international dialling code is +61 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0412 345 678. The time zone is Indian/Christmas. Official language: English.
CurrencyAUDA$
Dial code+61e.g. 0412 345 678
Time zoneChristmasUTC+07:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalFlying Fish Cove
Population1.7K135 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Territory of Christmas Island
- Native name
- Christmas Island
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CX
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CXR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 162
- Demonym
- Christmas Islander
- Capital
- Flying Fish Cove
- Region
- Oceania › Australia and New Zealand
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Australasia
- Internet domain
- .cx
- Coordinates
- -10.5, 105.66666666
- Area
- 135 km²
- Population
- 1,692
- GDP
- $100.1M ($59.2K per person)
- Literacy
- 99%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Australian Dollar AUD
- Symbol
- A$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 83% (1.4K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian/Christmas | UTC+07:00 | none | Christmas Island Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +61
- Shared with
- Dial-out prefix
- 001[14-689]|14(?:1[14]|34|4[17]|[56]6|7[47]|88)0011 preferred 0011
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 6–12 digits
- Emergency number
- 0 pattern 000|112
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | (08) 9164 1234 | +61 8 9164 1234 | (XX) XXXX XXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 0412 345 678 | +61 412 345 678 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 1800 123 456 | +61 1800 123 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | 7, 10 |
| Premium rate | 1900 123 456 | +61 1900 123 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | 10 |
| Shared cost | 1300 123 456 | +61 1300 123 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | 6, 8, 10, 12 |
| VoIP | 0147 101 234 | +61 147 101 234 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Organization}
{Name}
{Street address}
{City} {State/province} {Postal code}
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
Postal code
- Pattern
6798- Examples
- 6798
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian, chinese
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Christmas Island) locale (en-CX), amounts in AUD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (AUD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Australian dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C