Belgium is 1.02× the size of Lesotho

Belgium covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Lesotho about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,700km²Belgium
30,100km²Lesotho

50 km

Belgium
Lesotho

What fits

Lesotho is 98% of the size of Belgium.
Belgium is larger by 563 km² (217 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Lesotho.
Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Lesotho about 0.73.

How they differ

Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.0 million, 5.89× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 67 in Lesotho: Belgium is 5.78× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,220 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Lesotho at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.92× the size of Lesotho instead of 1.02×.
Together Belgium and Lesotho cover 60,800 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 6.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 563 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Lesotho's density, Belgium would have 2.0 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Lesotho would have 11.6 million (it has 2.0 million).
Belgium's centre is 80.2° of latitude, about 8,920 km, farther north than Lesotho's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Belgium	1.02×
More people	Belgium	5.89×
More crowded	Belgium	5.78×
Farther north	Belgium	80.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belgium	2.5× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Belgium	Lesotho
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 281
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 308	1 in 314
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 554	1 in 564

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

Side by side

	Belgium	Lesotho
Area, main territory	30,700 km²11,800 mi²	30,100 km²11,600 mi²
Population	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025	2.0 millionWikidata, 2016
Density	386 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	30,700 km²Wikidata	30,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Brussels	Maseru
Latitude range	49°N to 51°N	31°S to 29°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2016, 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 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 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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