Asturias is 1.02× the size of Gambia

Asturias (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 10,700 km² (4,120 mi²) and Gambia (Africa) about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,700km²Asturias
10,500km²Gambia

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What fits

Gambia is 98% of the size of Asturias.
Asturias is larger by 177 km² (68.2 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Gambia.
Measured in Belgiums: Asturias is about 0.35, Gambia about 0.34.

How they differ

Asturias is larger, but Gambia has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.0 million, 2.62× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 94 in Asturias: Gambia is 2.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,440 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Asturias at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Gambia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Asturias as 1.82× the size of Gambia instead of 1.02×.
Together Asturias and Gambia cover 21,200 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 3.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 177 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
At Gambia's density, Asturias would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.0 million). At Asturias's density, Gambia would have 991,000 (it has 2.6 million).
Asturias's centre is 29.8° of latitude, about 3,320 km, farther north than Gambia's.
Asturias is the 10th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Asturias lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,320 km) north of Gambia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Asturias would have about 10,590 m² and each person in Gambia about 3,980 m².
Laid side by side, Asturias and Gambia would cover 21,200 km², 1.03× the size of El Salvador.
Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.
Counted as a country, Asturias would rank 167th by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

	Asturias	Gambia
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	10,700 km²4,120 mi²	10,500 km²4,050 mi²
Official area	10,600 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 19in Spain	167th of 239worldwide
Population	1.0 millionWikidata, 2024	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	14th of 19in Spain	141st of 237worldwide
Density	94 per km²	251 per km²
Capital	Oviedo City	Banjul
Latitude range	43°N to 44°N	13°N to 14°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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