Which has higher population, Falkland Islands or Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

Falkland Islands, at 3,498 against 2,400 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen as of 2023.

What is the difference in population between Falkland Islands and Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

1,098, with Falkland Islands ahead.

101 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2023.

Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Falkland Islands

3,498

in 2023

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

2,400

in 2023

Falkland Islands rank

234th

Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank

236th

Falkland Islands currently reports 3,498 against 2,400 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, a difference of 1,098.

That makes Falkland Islands's figure about 1.5 times Svalbard and Jan Mayen's.

Across all 101 years both countries report, Falkland Islands has been ahead every year.

Falkland Islands ranks 234th and Svalbard and Jan Mayen ranks 236th of 238 countries.

Falkland Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 35 decades both report.

Decade	Falkland Islands	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Difference	Ahead
1500s	5	1	4	Falkland Islands
1600s	62	1	61	Falkland Islands
1700s	687	2	685	Falkland Islands
1710s	743	2	741	Falkland Islands
1720s	804	2	802	Falkland Islands
1730s	870	2	868	Falkland Islands
1740s	941	3	938	Falkland Islands
1750s	1,018	3	1,015	Falkland Islands
1760s	1,102	3	1,099	Falkland Islands
1770s	1,192	3	1,189	Falkland Islands
1780s	1,290	3	1,287	Falkland Islands
1790s	1,396	4	1,392	Falkland Islands
1800s	1,510	4	1,506	Falkland Islands
1810s	1,634	4	1,630	Falkland Islands
1820s	1,689	5	1,684	Falkland Islands
1830s	1,745	5	1,740	Falkland Islands
1840s	1,803	6	1,797	Falkland Islands
1850s	1,863	6	1,857	Falkland Islands
1860s	1,925	7	1,918	Falkland Islands
1870s	1,992	7	1,985	Falkland Islands
1880s	2,061	7	2,054	Falkland Islands
1890s	2,132	8	2,124	Falkland Islands
1900s	2,205	8	2,197	Falkland Islands
1910s	2,281	8	2,273	Falkland Islands
1920s	2,286	9	2,277	Falkland Islands
1930s	2,290	10	2,280	Falkland Islands
1940s	2,295	11	2,284	Falkland Islands
1950s	2,225	20.6	2,205	Falkland Islands
1960s	2,311	59.7	2,251	Falkland Islands
1970s	2,304	171.9	2,132	Falkland Islands
1980s	2,279	494.2	1,785	Falkland Islands
1990s	2,721	1,418	1,303	Falkland Islands
2000s	3,214	2,402	812.3	Falkland Islands
2010s	3,386	2,400	986.1	Falkland Islands
2020s	3,518	2,400	1,118	Falkland Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher population, Falkland Islands or Svalbard and Jan Mayen?: Falkland Islands, at 3,498 against 2,400 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Falkland Islands and Svalbard and Jan Mayen?: 1,098, with Falkland Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and Svalbard and Jan Mayen?: 101 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2023.
How do Falkland Islands and Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank globally for population?: Falkland Islands ranks 234th and Svalbard and Jan Mayen ranks 236th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.