Djibouti is 1.07× the size of Slovenia

Djibouti covers about 21,800 km² (8,440 mi²) and Slovenia about 20,300 km² (7,850 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

21,800km²Djibouti
20,300km²Slovenia

50 km

Djibouti
Slovenia

What fits

Slovenia is 93% of the size of Djibouti.
Djibouti is larger by 1,520 km² (587 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of Slovenia.
Measured in Belgiums: Djibouti is about 0.71, Slovenia about 0.66.

How they differ

Djibouti is larger, but Slovenia has the larger population: 2.1 million against 1.2 million, 1.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 102 in Slovenia against 53 in Djibouti: Slovenia is 1.93× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,630 km apart.
On a standard web map Slovenia looks larger than Djibouti: Djibouti at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Slovenia at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Slovenia as 1.86× the size of Djibouti, when Djibouti is 1.07× the size of Slovenia.
Together Djibouti and Slovenia cover 42,200 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,520 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Slovenia's density, Djibouti would have 2.2 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Djibouti's density, Slovenia would have 1.1 million (it has 2.1 million).
Slovenia's centre is 34.4° of latitude, about 3,820 km, farther north than Djibouti's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Djibouti	1.07×
More people	Slovenia	1.79×
More crowded	Slovenia	1.93×
Farther north	Slovenia	34.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Slovenia	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Djibouti	Slovenia
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.71×	0.66×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
France 548,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 388	1 in 417
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 432	1 in 465
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 777	1 in 835

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

Side by side

	Djibouti	Slovenia
Area, main territory	21,800 km²8,440 mi²	20,300 km²7,850 mi²
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2023	2.1 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	53 per km²	102 per km²
Official area	23,200 km²Wikidata	20,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Djibouti	Ljubljana
Latitude range	11°N to 13°N	45°N to 47°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

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

Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 20,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,300 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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