El Salvador is 1.01× the size of Slovenia
El Salvador covers about 20,500 km² (7,930 mi²) and Slovenia about 20,300 km² (7,850 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 20,500km²El Salvador
- 20,300km²Slovenia
50 km
- El Salvador
- Slovenia
What fits
- Slovenia is 99% of the size of El Salvador.
- El Salvador is larger by 212 km² (82.0 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Slovenia.
- Measured in Belgiums: El Salvador is about 0.67, Slovenia about 0.66.
How they differ
- El Salvador also has the larger population: 6.0 million against 2.1 million, 2.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 294 in El Salvador against 102 in Slovenia: El Salvador is 2.89× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,930 km apart.
- On a standard web map Slovenia looks larger than El Salvador: El Salvador at 14°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Slovenia at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Slovenia as 1.94× the size of El Salvador, when El Salvador is 1.01× the size of Slovenia.
- Together El Salvador and Slovenia cover 40,900 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 1.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 212 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Slovenia's density, El Salvador would have 2.1 million people (it has 6.0 million). At El Salvador's density, Slovenia would have 6.0 million (it has 2.1 million).
- Slovenia's centre is 32.4° of latitude, about 3,600 km, farther north than El Salvador's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | El Salvador | 1.01× |
| More people | El Salvador | 2.92× |
| More crowded | El Salvador | 2.89× |
| Farther north | Slovenia | 32.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Slovenia | 2.1× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | El Salvador | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.67× | 0.66× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.08× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.06× | 0.06× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.05× | 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 413 | 1 in 417 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 460 | 1 in 465 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 827 | 1 in 835 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| El Salvador | Slovenia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 20,500 km²7,930 mi² | 20,300 km²7,850 mi² |
| Population | 6.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.1 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Density | 294 per km² | 102 per km² |
| Official area | 21,000 km²Wikidata | 20,300 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | San Salvador | Ljubljana |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 45°N to 47°N |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 20,500 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 21,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- 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