Belgium is 1.24× the size of Lake Winnipeg
Belgium (country) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Lake Winnipeg (lake) about 24,800 km² (9,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Lake Winnipeg outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 24,800km²Lake Winnipeg
50 km
- Belgium
- Lake Winnipeg
What fits
- Lake Winnipeg is 81% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Lake Winnipeg.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Lake Winnipeg about 0.60.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 6,440 km apart.
- Together Belgium and Lake Winnipeg cover 55,500 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,880 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- Lake Winnipeg's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 km, farther north than Belgium's.
- Belgium ranks 140th of 212 countries by area.
- Lake Winnipeg is a lake and ranks 12th of the 104 lakes on sizeversus by area.
- Laid out flat, Belgium stretches about 222 km north to south and 271 km east to west; Lake Winnipeg about 447 km by 204 km.
- Poured over Belgium, the 294 km³ that Wikidata records for Lake Winnipeg would stand 9.6 m deep.
- Wikidata’s published figure of 24,400 km² agrees with our measured 24,800 km², to within 2%.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Belgium | 1.24× |
| Farther north | Lake Winnipeg | 2.0° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Lake Winnipeg | 2.7× against 2.5× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Belgium | Lake Winnipeg |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.13× | 0.10× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.07× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.07× |
| 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 342 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 308 | 1 in 381 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 554 | 1 in 685 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Belgium | Lake Winnipeg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Lakelake on sizeversus |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 24,800 km²9,570 mi² |
| Area, published | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 24,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 212countries | 12th of 104lakes |
| Greatest depth | – | 36 mWikidata |
| Volume | – | 294 km³ |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 50°N to 54°N |
| On the shore | – | 1 on the shore |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Canada contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Lake Winnipeg. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- 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