Chad is 1.02× the size of Angola

Chad covers about 1,266,000 km² (489,000 mi²) and Angola about 1,245,000 km² (481,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,266,000km²Chad
1,245,000km²Angola

200 km

Chad
Angola

What fits

Angola is 98% of the size of Chad.
Chad is larger by 21,600 km² (8,350 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Angola.
Measured in Belgiums: Chad is about 41.3, Angola about 40.6.

How they differ

Chad is larger, but Angola has the larger population: 36.7 million against 19.3 million, 1.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 30 in Angola against 15 in Chad: Angola is 1.94× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,070 km apart.
Together Chad and Angola cover 2,511,000 km², close to the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km², 7.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 21,600 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
At Angola's density, Chad would have 37.4 million people (it has 19.3 million). At Chad's density, Angola would have 19.0 million (it has 36.7 million).
Chad's centre is 27.5° of latitude, about 3,060 km, farther north than Angola's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Chad	1.02×
More people	Angola	1.90×
More crowded	Angola	1.94×
Farther north	Chad	27.5° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Chad	Angola
Belgium 30,700 km²	41.3×	40.6×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	5.19×	5.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.54×	3.48×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.39×	3.33×
France 548,000 km²	2.31×	2.27×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.40×	0.40×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.15×	0.15×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×

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

Side by side

	Chad	Angola
Area, main territory	1,266,000 km²489,000 mi²	1,245,000 km²481,000 mi²
Population	19.3 millionWikidata, 2023	36.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	15 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	1,284,000 km²Wikidata	1,247,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	N'Djamena	Luanda
Latitude range	7°N to 23°N	18°S to 4°S
Continent	Africa	Africa

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

Wikidata's official figure of 1,284,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,266,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,245,000 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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