Albania is 1.04× the size of Solomon Islands

Albania covers about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²) and Solomon Islands about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

28,300km²Albania
27,200km²Solomon Islands

200 km

Albania
Solomon Islands

What fits

Solomon Islands is 96% of the size of Albania.
Albania is larger by 1,140 km² (439 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Solomon Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Albania is about 0.92, Solomon Islands about 0.89.

How they differ

Albania also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 611,000, 4.60× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 99 in Albania against 22 in Solomon Islands: Albania is 4.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Albania at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Solomon Islands at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Albania as 1.79× the size of Solomon Islands instead of 1.04×.
Together Albania and Solomon Islands cover 55,500 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,140 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Solomon Islands's density, Albania would have 637,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Albania's density, Solomon Islands would have 2.7 million (it has 611,000).
Albania's centre is 50.0° of latitude, about 5,570 km, farther north than Solomon Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Albania	1.04×
More people	Albania	4.60×
More crowded	Albania	4.41×
Farther north	Albania	50.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Albania	1.8× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Albania	Solomon Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.92×	0.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 299	1 in 312
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 333	1 in 347
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 599	1 in 624

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

Side by side

	Albania	Solomon Islands
Area, main territory	28,300 km²10,900 mi²	27,200 km²10,500 mi²
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023	611,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	99 per km²	22 per km²
Official area	28,700 km²Wikidata	28,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tirana	Honiara
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	12°S to 7°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 27,200 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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