Falkland Islands is 1.06× the size of Kosovo

Falkland Islands covers about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²) and Kosovo about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,600km²Falkland Islands
10,900km²Kosovo

50 km

Falkland Islands
Kosovo

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

What fits

Kosovo is 94% of the size of Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands is larger by 684 km² (264 mi²), which is 6.3% of the area of Kosovo.
Measured in Belgiums: Falkland Islands is about 0.38, Kosovo about 0.36.

How they differ

Falkland Islands is larger, but Kosovo has the larger population: 1.6 million against 3,660, 433× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 145 in Kosovo against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Kosovo is 460× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Falkland Islands at 52°S is drawn about 2.6× too large and Kosovo at 43°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Falkland Islands as 1.50× the size of Kosovo instead of 1.06×.
Together Falkland Islands and Kosovo cover 22,500 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 684 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Kosovo's density, Falkland Islands would have 1.7 million people (it has 3,660). At Falkland Islands's density, Kosovo would have 3,450 (it has 1.6 million).
Kosovo's centre is 94.3° of latitude, about 10,490 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Falkland Islands	1.06×
More people	Kosovo	433×
More crowded	Kosovo	460×
Farther north	Kosovo	94.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Falkland Islands	2.6× against 1.8×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Falkland Islands	Kosovo
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.38×	0.36×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
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 289
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 731	1 in 776
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 815	1 in 866
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,464	1 in 1,556

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

Side by side

	Falkland Islands	Kosovo
Area, main territory	11,600 km²4,480 mi²	10,900 km²4,210 mi²
Population	3,660Wikidata, 2021	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	0.3 per km²	145 per km²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	10,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Stanley	Pristina
Latitude range	52°S to 51°S	42°N to 43°N
Continent	South America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024, 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 10,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Falkland Islands

Similar in size to Kosovo

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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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