Croatia is 1.14× the size of Slovakia
Croatia covers about 55,000 km² (21,200 mi²) and Slovakia about 48,500 km² (18,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 55,000km²Croatia
- 48,500km²Slovakia
100 km
- Croatia
- Slovakia
What fits
- Slovakia is 88% of the size of Croatia.
- Croatia is larger by 6,570 km² (2,530 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Slovakia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Croatia is about 1.79, Slovakia about 1.58.
How they differ
- Croatia is larger, but Slovakia has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.9 million, 1.40× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 112 in Slovakia against 70 in Croatia: Slovakia is 1.59× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 468 km apart.
- On a standard web map Slovakia looks larger than Croatia: Croatia at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Slovakia at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Slovakia as 1.01× the size of Croatia, when Croatia is 1.14× the size of Slovakia.
- Together Croatia and Slovakia cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,570 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Slovakia's density, Croatia would have 6.1 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Croatia's density, Slovakia would have 3.4 million (it has 5.4 million).
- Slovakia's centre is 3.6° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Croatia's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Croatia | 1.14× |
| More people | Slovakia | 1.40× |
| More crowded | Slovakia | 1.59× |
| Farther north | Slovakia | 3.6° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Slovakia | 2.3× against 2.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Croatia | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 1.79× | 1.58× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.23× | 0.20× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.15× | 0.14× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.15× | 0.13× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.10× | 0.09× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 309 | 1 in 350 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Croatia | Slovakia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 55,000 km²21,200 mi² | 48,500 km²18,700 mi² |
| Population | 3.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 5.4 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Density | 70 per km² | 112 per km² |
| Official area | 56,600 km²Wikidata | 49,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Zagreb | Bratislava |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 47°N | 48°N to 50°N |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 55,000 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 56,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 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