Belgium is 1.24× the size of Vermont

What fits

• Vermont is 80% of the size of Belgium.
• Belgium is larger by 6,030 km² (2,330 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Vermont.
• Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Vermont about 0.59.

How they differ

• Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 643,000, 18.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 26 in Vermont: Belgium is 14.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Vermont at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.60× the size of Vermont instead of 1.24×.
• Together Belgium and Vermont cover 55,300 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,030 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Vermont's density, Belgium would have 801,000 people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Vermont would have 9.5 million (it has 643,000).
• Belgium's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Vermont's.
• Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Vermont is the 43rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Belgium lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 730 km) north of Vermont.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Vermont about 38,310 m².
• Laid side by side, Belgium and Vermont would cover 55,300 km², about the same size as Croatia.
• Together they have 12.5 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
• Counted as a country, Vermont would rank 150th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. 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 24,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,600 km², to within 2%.

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