North America · Caribbean
Aruba
Aruba covers about 170 km² (65.6 mi²), the 216th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 170km²Area, main territory
- 107,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
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- Aruba
Facts
| Area, main territory | 170 km²65.6 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 193 km²Wikidata · 12% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Oranjestad |
| Population | 107,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 629 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 13°N |
| In other languages | アルバ 日本語 · 阿鲁巴 中文 · 아루바 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#26 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Aruba
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 100,001× the size of Aruba.
- Aruba lies at 13°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Aruba's main territory stretches about 24 km north to south and 20 km east to west.
- Our measured 170 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 193 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Aruba measures up
Aruba holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 15th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 170 km² | 213th of 239 |
| Population | 107,000 | 192nd of 237 |
| Farthest north | 12.5°N | 131st of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Aruba is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 1,436 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 2,106 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 2,200 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 3,226 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 18,556 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 49,898 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 55,638 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 100,001 its size |
Where Aruba sits
- Aruba's centre lies at 12.5°N, 70.0°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,390 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 12°N to 13°N, about 20 km from its southern edge to its northern.
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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, 2022; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11