Belarus is 1.06× the size of Senegal

Belarus covers about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²) and Senegal about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

207,000km²Belarus
196,000km²Senegal

200 km

Belarus
Senegal

What fits

Senegal is 95% of the size of Belarus.
Belarus is larger by 11,300 km² (4,350 mi²), which is 5.7% of the area of Senegal.
Measured in Belgiums: Belarus is about 6.77, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

Belarus is larger, but Senegal has the larger population: 16.9 million against 9.1 million, 1.86× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 86 in Senegal against 44 in Belarus: Senegal is 1.97× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belarus at 54°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Senegal at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belarus as 2.81× the size of Senegal instead of 1.06×.
Together Belarus and Senegal cover 404,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,300 km², is about the size of Qatar (11,200 km²).
At Senegal's density, Belarus would have 17.8 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Belarus's density, Senegal would have 8.6 million (it has 16.9 million).
Belarus's centre is 39.2° of latitude, about 4,350 km, farther north than Senegal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Belarus	1.06×
More people	Senegal	1.86×
More crowded	Senegal	1.97×
Farther north	Belarus	39.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belarus	2.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Belarus	Senegal
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.77×	6.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.85×	0.80×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.58×	0.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.56×	0.53×
France 548,000 km²	0.38×	0.36×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.07×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Belarus	Senegal
Area, main territory	207,000 km²80,100 mi²	196,000 km²75,800 mi²
Population	9.1 millionWikidata, 2026	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	44 per km²	86 per km²
Official area	208,000 km²Wikidata	197,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Minsk	Dakar
Latitude range	51°N to 56°N	12°N to 17°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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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