Asia · Western Asia

Armenia

Armenia covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²), the 143rd largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Lesotho, at about 30,100 km².

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Facts

Area, main territory29,600 km²11,400 mi²
Official area29,700 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
In Belgiums0.96
CapitalYerevan
Population2.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density99 people per km²
Latitude range39°N to 41°N
In other languagesArmenien Deutsch · Arménie Français · Armênia Português · アルメニア 日本語 · 亚美尼亚 中文 · 아르메니아 한국어
ContinentAsia#38 of 51 countries by area

What the numbers say about Armenia

How Armenia measures up

Armenia holds 0.1% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In Western Asia it is the 11th largest of 19.

Where it ranksFigurePosition
Area29,600 km²142nd of 239
Population2.9 million137th of 237
Density99 per km²72nd of 185
Farthest north40.3°N56th of 212
Compared withIts areaArmenia is
Belgium30,700 km²0.96× its size
United Kingdom244,000 km²0.12× its size
Germany358,000 km²0.08× its size
Japan374,000 km²0.08× its size
France548,000 km²0.05× its size
India3,151,000 km²0.01× its size
Brazil8,473,000 km²1 in 286 its size
United States9,447,000 km²1 in 319 its size
Russia16,980,000 km²1 in 574 its size

Where Armenia sits

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

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Armenia: about 29,600 km², its outline drawn to true scale
Outlines are drawn at true scale.
Sources and method
Outline
Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary
De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
Area
Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
Official figures
Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
Population
Wikidata, 2017; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built
2026-11-11

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