Cuba is 1.01× the size of Guatemala

Cuba covers about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

110,000km²Cuba
109,000km²Guatemala

200 km

Cuba
Guatemala

What fits

Guatemala is 99% of the size of Cuba.
Cuba is larger by 1,120 km² (432 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Guatemala.
Measured in Belgiums: Cuba is about 3.58, Guatemala about 3.55.

How they differ

Cuba is larger, but Guatemala has the larger population: 17.3 million against 11.0 million, 1.57× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 159 in Guatemala against 100 in Cuba: Guatemala is 1.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,370 km apart.
Together Cuba and Guatemala cover 219,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 3.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,120 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Guatemala's density, Cuba would have 17.4 million people (it has 11.0 million). At Cuba's density, Guatemala would have 10.9 million (it has 17.3 million).
Cuba's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Guatemala's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Cuba	1.01×
More people	Guatemala	1.57×
More crowded	Guatemala	1.59×
Farther north	Cuba	5.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Cuba	1.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Cuba	Guatemala
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.58×	3.55×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.45×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.31×	0.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.29×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Cuba	Guatemala
Area, main territory	110,000 km²42,400 mi²	109,000 km²42,000 mi²
Population	11.0 millionWikidata, 2023	17.3 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	100 per km²	159 per km²
Official area	110,000 km²Wikidata	109,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Havana	Guatemala City
Latitude range	20°N to 23°N	14°N to 18°N
Continent	North America	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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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