Falkland Islands is 1.05× the size of Jamaica

Falkland Islands covers about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²) and Jamaica about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,600km²Falkland Islands
11,000km²Jamaica

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Falkland Islands
Jamaica

The boundary or political status of Falkland Islands is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Jamaica is 95% of the size of Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands is larger by 564 km² (218 mi²), which is 5.1% of the area of Jamaica.
Measured in Belgiums: Falkland Islands is about 0.38, Jamaica about 0.36.

How they differ

Falkland Islands is larger, but Jamaica has the larger population: 2.7 million against 3,660, 737× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 245 in Jamaica against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Jamaica is 774× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,960 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Falkland Islands at 52°S is drawn about 2.6× too large and Jamaica at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Falkland Islands as 2.47× the size of Jamaica instead of 1.05×.
Together Falkland Islands and Jamaica cover 22,600 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 564 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Jamaica's density, Falkland Islands would have 2.8 million people (it has 3,660). At Falkland Islands's density, Jamaica would have 3,480 (it has 2.7 million).
Jamaica's centre is 69.9° of latitude, about 7,770 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Falkland Islands	1.05×
More people	Jamaica	737×
More crowded	Jamaica	774×
Farther north	Jamaica	69.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Falkland Islands	2.6× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Falkland Islands	Jamaica
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.38×	0.36×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 272	1 in 286
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 731	1 in 768
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 815	1 in 856
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,464	1 in 1,539

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

Side by side

	Falkland Islands	Jamaica
Area, main territory	11,600 km²4,480 mi²	11,000 km²4,260 mi²
Population	3,660Wikidata, 2021	2.7 millionWikidata, 2011
Density	0.3 per km²	245 per km²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	11,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Stanley	Kingston
Latitude range	52°S to 51°S	18°N to 19°N
Continent	South America	North America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 11,600 km² is 4.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 km², to within 2%.

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Similar in size to Jamaica

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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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