
Official name | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
Name in local language | Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (fr) |
Continent | Antarctica |
Subcontinent | Antarctica |
Population (ranking: 251e) | 196 inhabitants (2012) |
Population growth | 0.00 % / year |
Area | 439,672 km² |
Density | 0.00 inhabitants / km² |
GDP (ranking: n.c.) | 0.000 billions $USD (2018) |
GDP/capita (ranking) | 0 $USD (2018) |
GDP growth | 0.00 % / year (2018) |
Life expectancy (ranking) | 0.00 years (2018) |
Birth rate | 0.00 ‰ (2018) |
Fertility rate | 0.00 children / woman (2018) |
Death rate (ranking) | 0.00 ‰ (2018) |
Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 0.00 ‰ (2018) |
Literacy rate | 100.00 % (2019) |
Official languages | French |
Currency | Euro (€ EUR) |
HDI (ranking: n.c.) | 0.000 / 1 (2017) |
EPI (ranking) | 0.00 (2018) |
Government | Overseas territory of France |
Head of State | President Emmanuel Macron |
National Day | 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) |
ISO Codes | TF, ATF |
Demonym | French |

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) constitute an overseas territory of France created in 1955. This territory currently comprises five very different districts: the archipelago of Crozet, the archipelago of Kerguelen, the Scattered Islands of the Indian Ocean (around Madagascar), St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands and Adélie Land in Antarctica.
