Bahamas is 7.61× the size of Guadeloupe
Bahamas (North America) covers about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²) and Guadeloupe (overseas region of France) about 1,660 km² (640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,600km²Bahamas
- 1,660km²Guadeloupe
200 km
- Bahamas
- Guadeloupe
What fits
- Guadeloupe fits inside Bahamas about 7.61 times by area.
- Bahamas is larger by 10,900 km² (4,230 mi²), which is 661% of the area of Guadeloupe.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bahamas is about 0.41, Guadeloupe about 0.05.
How they differ
- Bahamas also has the larger population: 399,000 against 384,000, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 231 in Guadeloupe against 32 in Bahamas: Guadeloupe is 7.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,800 km apart.
- Together Bahamas and Guadeloupe cover 14,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 10,900 km², is about the size of Kosovo (10,900 km²).
- At Guadeloupe's density, Bahamas would have 2.9 million people (it has 399,000). At Bahamas's density, Guadeloupe would have 53,000 (it has 384,000).
- Bahamas's centre is 8.0° of latitude, about 890 km, farther north than Guadeloupe's.
- Bahamas ranks 162nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Bahamas lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 890 km) north of Guadeloupe.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bahamas would have about 31,550 m² and each person in Guadeloupe about 4,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Bahamas and Guadeloupe would cover 14,300 km², 1.04× the size of Montenegro.
- Together they have 783,000 people, about as many people as Bhutan.
- Guadeloupe is drawn from 94 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Guadeloupe would rank 183rd by area and 177th by population.
Side by side
| Bahamas | Guadeloupe | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryNorth America | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 12,600 km²4,870 mi² | 1,660 km²640 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 1,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 161st of 239worldwide | 16th of 18in France |
| Population | 399,000Wikidata, 2023 | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 176th of 237worldwide | 14th of 18in France |
| Density | 32 per km² | 231 per km² |
| Capital | Nassau | Basse-Terre |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 27°N | 16°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. 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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 km², to within 2%.
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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