Belgium is 1.04× the size of Armenia

Belgium covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Armenia about 29,600 km² (11,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,700km²Belgium
29,600km²Armenia

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Belgium
Armenia

What fits

Armenia is 96% of the size of Belgium.
Belgium is larger by 1,080 km² (418 mi²), which is 3.7% of the area of Armenia.
Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Armenia about 0.71.

How they differ

Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.9 million, 4.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 99 in Armenia: Belgium is 3.89× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Armenia at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.50× the size of Armenia instead of 1.04×.
Together Belgium and Armenia cover 60,300 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,080 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Armenia's density, Belgium would have 3.0 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Armenia would have 11.4 million (it has 2.9 million).
Belgium's centre is 10.4° of latitude, about 1,150 km, farther north than Armenia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Belgium	1.04×
More people	Belgium	4.04×
More crowded	Belgium	3.89×
Farther north	Belgium	10.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belgium	2.5× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Belgium	Armenia
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 276	1 in 286
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 308	1 in 319
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 554	1 in 574

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

Side by side

	Belgium	Armenia
Area, main territory	30,700 km²11,800 mi²	29,600 km²11,400 mi²
Population	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025	2.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	386 per km²	99 per km²
Official area	30,700 km²Wikidata	29,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Brussels	Yerevan
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	39°N to 41°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 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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