Bahamas is 1.02× the size of Vanuatu

Bahamas covers about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²) and Vanuatu about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,600km²Bahamas
12,300km²Vanuatu

200 km

Bahamas
Vanuatu

What fits

Vanuatu is 98% of the size of Bahamas.
Bahamas is larger by 307 km² (119 mi²), which is 2.5% of the area of Vanuatu.
Measured in Belgiums: Bahamas is about 0.41, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

Bahamas also has the larger population: 399,000 against 300,000, 1.33× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 32 in Bahamas against 24 in Vanuatu: Bahamas is 1.30× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
Together Bahamas and Vanuatu cover 24,900 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 307 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
At Vanuatu's density, Bahamas would have 308,000 people (it has 399,000). At Bahamas's density, Vanuatu would have 390,000 (it has 300,000).
Bahamas's centre is 40.4° of latitude, about 4,490 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bahamas	1.02×
More people	Bahamas	1.33×
More crowded	Bahamas	1.30×
Farther north	Bahamas	40.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bahamas	1.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bahamas	Vanuatu
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.41×	0.40×
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 256
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 672	1 in 689
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 750	1 in 768
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,347	1 in 1,381

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

Side by side

	Bahamas	Vanuatu
Area, main territory	12,600 km²4,870 mi²	12,300 km²4,750 mi²
Population	399,000Wikidata, 2023	300,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	32 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	13,900 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nassau	Port Vila
Latitude range	21°N to 27°N	20°S to 13°S
Continent	North America	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020, 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.
Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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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