Cuba is 1.07× the size of Iceland

Cuba covers about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²) and Iceland about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

110,000km²Cuba
102,000km²Iceland

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Cuba
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What fits

Iceland is 93% of the size of Cuba.
Cuba is larger by 7,540 km² (2,910 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Iceland.
Measured in Belgiums: Cuba is about 3.58, Iceland about 3.34.

How they differ

Cuba also has the larger population: 11.0 million against 364,000, 30.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 100 in Cuba against 3.6 in Iceland: Cuba is 28.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,460 km apart.
On a standard web map Iceland looks larger than Cuba: Cuba at 22°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iceland at 65°N about 5.6×, so the map shows Iceland as 4.51× the size of Cuba, when Cuba is 1.07× the size of Iceland.
Together Cuba and Iceland cover 212,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,540 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Iceland's density, Cuba would have 391,000 people (it has 11.0 million). At Cuba's density, Iceland would have 10.2 million (it has 364,000).
Iceland's centre is 43.4° of latitude, about 4,820 km, farther north than Cuba's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Cuba	1.07×
More people	Cuba	30.2×
More crowded	Cuba	28.1×
Farther north	Iceland	43.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iceland	5.6× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Cuba	Iceland
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.58×	3.34×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.45×	0.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.31×	0.29×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.29×	0.27×
France 548,000 km²	0.20×	0.19×
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	Iceland
Area, main territory	110,000 km²42,400 mi²	102,000 km²39,500 mi²
Population	11.0 millionWikidata, 2023	364,000Wikidata, 2019
Density	100 per km²	3.6 per km²
Official area	110,000 km²Wikidata	103,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Havana	Reykjavík
Latitude range	20°N to 23°N	63°N to 67°N
Continent	North America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2019, 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 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 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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