Burundi is 1.07× the size of North Macedonia

Burundi covers about 27,000 km² (10,400 mi²) and North Macedonia about 25,400 km² (9,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

27,000km²Burundi
25,400km²North Macedonia

50 km

Burundi
North Macedonia

What fits

North Macedonia is 94% of the size of Burundi.
Burundi is larger by 1,660 km² (639 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of North Macedonia.
Measured in Belgiums: Burundi is about 0.88, North Macedonia about 0.83.

How they differ

Burundi also has the larger population: 13.7 million against 1.8 million, 7.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 506 in Burundi against 72 in North Macedonia: Burundi is 7.00× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,070 km apart.
On a standard web map North Macedonia looks larger than Burundi: Burundi at 3°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and North Macedonia at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows North Macedonia as 1.67× the size of Burundi, when Burundi is 1.07× the size of North Macedonia.
Together Burundi and North Macedonia cover 52,400 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,660 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At North Macedonia's density, Burundi would have 2.0 million people (it has 13.7 million). At Burundi's density, North Macedonia would have 12.9 million (it has 1.8 million).
North Macedonia's centre is 45.0° of latitude, about 5,000 km, farther north than Burundi's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Burundi	1.07×
More people	Burundi	7.45×
More crowded	Burundi	7.00×
Farther north	North Macedonia	45.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	North Macedonia	1.8× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Burundi	North Macedonia
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.88×	0.83×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 313	1 in 334
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 349	1 in 372
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 628	1 in 669

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

Side by side

	Burundi	North Macedonia
Area, main territory	27,000 km²10,400 mi²	25,400 km²9,800 mi²
Population	13.7 millionWikidata, 2023	1.8 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	506 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	27,800 km²Wikidata	25,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Gitega	Skopje
Latitude range	4°S to 2°S	41°N to 42°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 27,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 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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