Canary Islands is 1.30× the size of Brunei
Canary Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 7,440 km² (2,870 mi²) and Brunei (Asia) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,440km²Canary Islands
- 5,720km²Brunei
100 km
- Canary Islands
- Brunei
What fits
- Brunei is 77% of the size of Canary Islands.
- Canary Islands is larger by 1,720 km² (664 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Brunei.
- Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Brunei about 0.19.
How they differ
- Canary Islands also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 459,000, 4.86× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 300 in Canary Islands against 80 in Brunei: Canary Islands is 3.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canary Islands at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Canary Islands as 1.67× the size of Brunei instead of 1.30×.
- Together Canary Islands and Brunei cover 13,200 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 4.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,720 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Brunei's density, Canary Islands would have 597,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Brunei would have 1.7 million (it has 459,000).
- Canary Islands's centre is 23.8° of latitude, about 2,650 km, farther north than Brunei's.
- Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Canary Islands lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,650 km) north of Brunei.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Brunei about 12,460 m².
- Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Brunei would cover 13,200 km², 1.04× the size of the Bahamas.
- Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.
- Counted as a country, Canary Islands would rank 170th by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Canary Islands | Brunei | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 7,440 km²2,870 mi² | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
| Official area | 7,450 km²Wikidata | 5,770 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 19in Spain | 172nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2024 | 459,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 19in Spain | 174th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 300 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 29°N | 4°N to 5°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Canary Islands is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12