Belize is 1.09× the size of El Salvador

Belize covers about 22,300 km² (8,610 mi²) and El Salvador about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

22,300km²Belize
20,500km²El Salvador

50 km

Belize
El Salvador

What fits

El Salvador is 92% of the size of Belize.
Belize is larger by 1,760 km² (680 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of El Salvador.
Measured in Belgiums: Belize is about 0.73, El Salvador about 0.67.

How they differ

Belize is larger, but El Salvador has the larger population: 6.0 million against 411,000, 14.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 18 in Belize: El Salvador is 15.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 386 km apart.
Together Belize and El Salvador cover 42,800 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,760 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At El Salvador's density, Belize would have 6.5 million people (it has 411,000). At Belize's density, El Salvador would have 379,000 (it has 6.0 million).
Belize's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 390 km, farther north than El Salvador's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Belize	1.09×
More people	El Salvador	14.7×
More crowded	El Salvador	15.9×
Farther north	Belize	3.5° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Belize	El Salvador
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.73×	0.67×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 380	1 in 413
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 424	1 in 460
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 761	1 in 827

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

Side by side

	Belize	El Salvador
Area, main territory	22,300 km²8,610 mi²	20,500 km²7,930 mi²
Population	411,000Wikidata, 2023	6.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	18 per km²	294 per km²
Official area	23,000 km²Wikidata	21,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Belmopan	San Salvador
Latitude range	16°N to 18°N	13°N to 14°N
Continent	North America	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 22,300 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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