Ethiopia is 2.06× the size of France

Ethiopia covers about 1,127,000 km² (435,000 mi²) and France about 548,000 km² (212,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,127,000km²Ethiopia
548,000km²France

500 km

Ethiopia
France

Outlines show main territory. France also has about 88,900 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

France fits inside Ethiopia about 2.06 times by area.
Ethiopia is larger by 580,000 km² (224,000 mi²), which is 106% of the area of France.
Measured in Belgiums: Ethiopia is about 36.8, France about 17.9.

How they differ

Ethiopia also has the larger population: 128.7 million against 68.6 million, 1.88× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Ethiopia against 108 in France: Ethiopia is 1.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,480 km apart.
On a standard web map France looks larger than Ethiopia: Ethiopia at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and France at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows France as 1.00× the size of Ethiopia, when Ethiopia is 2.06× the size of France.
Together Ethiopia and France cover 1,675,000 km², close to the size of Libya (1,624,000 km², 3.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 580,000 km², is about the size of Botswana (579,000 km²).
At France's density, Ethiopia would have 121.5 million people (it has 128.7 million). At Ethiopia's density, France would have 72.7 million (it has 68.6 million).
France's centre is 37.9° of latitude, about 4,210 km, farther north than Ethiopia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Ethiopia	2.06×
More people	Ethiopia	1.88×
More crowded	Ethiopia	1.06×
Farther north	France	37.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	France	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Ethiopia	France
Belgium 30,700 km²	36.8×	17.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.62×	2.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.15×	1.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.02×	1.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.36×	0.17×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.13×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.12×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.07×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Ethiopia	France
Area, main territory	1,127,000 km²435,000 mi²	548,000 km²212,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	1,127,000 km²	637,000 km²
Population	128.7 millionWikidata, 2023	68.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	114 per km²	108 per km²
Official area	1,104,000 km²Wikidata	644,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Addis Ababa	Paris
Latitude range	3°N to 15°N	41°N to 51°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 1,127,000 km² is 2.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,104,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 637,000 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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