Falkland Islands is 1.04× the size of Qatar

Falkland Islands covers about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²) and Qatar about 11,200 km² (4,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,600km²Falkland Islands
11,200km²Qatar

50 km

Falkland Islands
Qatar

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

Qatar is 96% of the size of Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands is larger by 447 km² (173 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Qatar.
Measured in Belgiums: Falkland Islands is about 0.38, Qatar about 0.36.

How they differ

Falkland Islands is larger, but Qatar has the larger population: 2.6 million against 3,660, 721× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 237 in Qatar against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Qatar is 750× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Falkland Islands at 52°S is drawn about 2.6× too large and Qatar at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Falkland Islands as 2.22× the size of Qatar instead of 1.04×.
Together Falkland Islands and Qatar cover 22,700 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 2.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 447 km², is about the size of Barbados (444 km²).
At Qatar's density, Falkland Islands would have 2.7 million people (it has 3,660). At Falkland Islands's density, Qatar would have 3,520 (it has 2.6 million).
Qatar's centre is 77.0° of latitude, about 8,570 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Falkland Islands	1.04×
More people	Qatar	721×
More crowded	Qatar	750×
Farther north	Qatar	77.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Falkland Islands	2.6× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Falkland Islands	Qatar
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 283
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 731	1 in 760
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 815	1 in 847
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,464	1 in 1,523

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

Side by side

	Falkland Islands	Qatar
Area, main territory	11,600 km²4,480 mi²	11,200 km²4,310 mi²
Population	3,660Wikidata, 2021	2.6 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	0.3 per km²	237 per km²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	11,400 km²Wikidata
Capital	Stanley	Doha
Latitude range	52°S to 51°S	25°N to 26°N
Continent	South America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, 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.
Our measured 11,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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