Bahamas is 1.09× the size of Falkland Islands

Bahamas covers about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²) and Falkland Islands about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,600km²Bahamas
11,600km²Falkland Islands

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Bahamas
Falkland Islands

The boundary or political status of Falkland Islands is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Falkland Islands is 92% of the size of Bahamas.
Bahamas is larger by 1,010 km² (389 mi²), which is 8.7% of the area of Falkland Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Bahamas is about 0.41, Falkland Islands about 0.38.

How they differ

Bahamas also has the larger population: 399,000 against 3,660, 109× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 32 in Bahamas against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Bahamas is 100× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,610 km apart.
On a standard web map Falkland Islands looks larger than Bahamas: Bahamas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Falkland Islands at 52°S about 2.6×, so the map shows Falkland Islands as 2.00× the size of Bahamas, when Bahamas is 1.09× the size of Falkland Islands.
Together Bahamas and Falkland Islands cover 24,200 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 4.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,010 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
At Falkland Islands's density, Bahamas would have 3,980 people (it has 399,000). At Bahamas's density, Falkland Islands would have 368,000 (it has 3,660).
Bahamas's centre is 75.9° of latitude, about 8,450 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bahamas	1.09×
More people	Bahamas	109×
More crowded	Bahamas	100×
Farther north	Bahamas	75.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Falkland Islands	2.6× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bahamas	Falkland Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.41×	0.38×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 250	1 in 272
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 672	1 in 731
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 750	1 in 815
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,347	1 in 1,464

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

Side by side

	Bahamas	Falkland Islands
Area, main territory	12,600 km²4,870 mi²	11,600 km²4,480 mi²
Population	399,000Wikidata, 2023	3,660Wikidata, 2021
Density	32 per km²	0.3 per km²
Official area	13,900 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nassau	Stanley
Latitude range	21°N to 27°N	52°S to 51°S
Continent	North America	South America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 11,600 km² is 4.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Bahamas

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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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