Dominican Republic is 1.13× the size of Denmark

Dominican Republic covers about 48,400 km² (18,700 mi²) and Denmark about 42,700 km² (16,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

48,400km²Dominican Republic
42,700km²Denmark

100 km

Dominican Republic
Denmark

What fits

Denmark is 88% of the size of Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic is larger by 5,740 km² (2,220 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Denmark.
Measured in Belgiums: Dominican Republic is about 1.58, Denmark about 1.39.

How they differ

Dominican Republic also has the larger population: 10.8 million against 5.8 million, 1.85× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 222 in Dominican Republic against 136 in Denmark: Dominican Republic is 1.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Denmark looks larger than Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Denmark at 56°N about 3.2×, so the map shows Denmark as 2.52× the size of Dominican Republic, when Dominican Republic is 1.13× the size of Denmark.
Together Dominican Republic and Denmark cover 91,100 km², close to the size of Portugal (91,400 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,740 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
At Denmark's density, Dominican Republic would have 6.6 million people (it has 10.8 million). At Dominican Republic's density, Denmark would have 9.5 million (it has 5.8 million).
Denmark's centre is 37.1° of latitude, about 4,120 km, farther north than Dominican Republic's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Dominican Republic	1.13×
More people	Dominican Republic	1.85×
More crowded	Dominican Republic	1.63×
Farther north	Denmark	37.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Denmark	3.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Dominican Republic	Denmark
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.58×	1.39×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.20×	0.18×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.14×	0.12×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.13×	0.11×
France 548,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 221
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 351	1 in 398

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

Side by side

	Dominican Republic	Denmark
Area, main territory	48,400 km²18,700 mi²	42,700 km²16,500 mi²
Population	10.8 millionWikidata, 2022	5.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	222 per km²	136 per km²
Official area	48,700 km²Wikidata	42,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Santo Domingo	Copenhagen
Latitude range	18°N to 20°N	55°N to 58°N
Continent	North America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 48,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 42,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,700 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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