Cameroon is 1.02× the size of Yemen

Cameroon covers about 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²) and Yemen about 453,000 km² (175,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

464,000km²Cameroon
453,000km²Yemen

200 km

Cameroon
Yemen

What fits

Yemen is 98% of the size of Cameroon.
Cameroon is larger by 11,200 km² (4,340 mi²), which is 2.5% of the area of Yemen.
Measured in Belgiums: Cameroon is about 15.1, Yemen about 14.8.

How they differ

Cameroon also has the larger population: 28.4 million against 28.3 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 62 in Yemen against 61 in Cameroon: Yemen is 1.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,960 km apart.
On a standard web map Yemen looks larger than Cameroon: Cameroon at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Yemen at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Yemen as 1.04× the size of Cameroon, when Cameroon is 1.02× the size of Yemen.
Together Cameroon and Yemen cover 917,000 km², close to the size of Venezuela (913,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,200 km², is about the size of Qatar (11,200 km²).
At Yemen's density, Cameroon would have 29.0 million people (it has 28.4 million). At Cameroon's density, Yemen would have 27.7 million (it has 28.3 million).
Yemen's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,140 km, farther north than Cameroon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Cameroon	1.02×
More people	Cameroon	1.00×
More crowded	Yemen	1.02×
Farther north	Yemen	10.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Yemen	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Cameroon	Yemen
Belgium 30,700 km²	15.1×	14.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.90×	1.86×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.30×	1.27×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.24×	1.21×
France 548,000 km²	0.85×	0.83×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.15×	0.14×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Cameroon	Yemen
Area, main territory	464,000 km²179,000 mi²	453,000 km²175,000 mi²
Population	28.4 millionWikidata, 2023	28.3 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	61 per km²	62 per km²
Official area	475,000 km²Wikidata	456,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Yaoundé	Sanaa; Aden
Latitude range	2°N to 13°N	12°N to 19°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 464,000 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 475,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 456,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 453,000 km², to within 2%.

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Similar in size to Yemen

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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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