Africa is 13.9× the size of Greenland

Africa covers about 29,888,000 km² (11,540,000 mi²) and Greenland about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

29,888,000km²Africa
2,154,000km²Greenland

2,000 km

Africa
Greenland

What fits

Greenland fits inside Africa about 13.9 times by area.
Africa is larger by 27,734,000 km² (10,708,000 mi²), which is 1,287% of the area of Greenland.
Measured in Belgiums: Africa is about 975, Greenland about 70.2.

How they differ

Africa also has the larger population: 1.55 billion against 57,000, 27,378× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 52 in Africa against 0.0 in Greenland: Africa is 1,973× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,390 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Africa at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Greenland at 73°N about 11.9×, so the map shows Africa as 1.18× the size of Greenland instead of 13.9×.
At Greenland's density, Africa would have 785,000 people (it has 1.55 billion). At Africa's density, Greenland would have 111.7 million (it has 57,000).
Greenland's centre is 66.6° of latitude, about 7,410 km, farther north than Africa's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Africa	13.9×
More people	Africa	27,378×
More crowded	Africa	1,973×
Farther north	Greenland	66.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greenland	11.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Africa	Greenland
Belgium 30,700 km²	975×	70.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	123×	8.84×
Germany 358,000 km²	83.6×	6.02×
Japan 374,000 km²	80.0×	5.77×
France 548,000 km²	54.6×	3.93×
India 3,151,000 km²	9.49×	0.68×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	3.53×	0.25×
United States 9,447,000 km²	3.16×	0.23×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1.76×	0.13×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Africa	Greenland
Area, main territory	29,888,000 km²11,540,000 mi²	2,154,000 km²832,000 mi²
Population	1.55 billionWikidata, 2025	57,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	52 per km²	0.0 per km²
Official area	29,648,000 km²Wikidata	2,166,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	–	Nuuk
Latitude range	35°S to 37°N	60°N to 84°N
Continent	Africa	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,648,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,889,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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