Faroe Islands is 1.28× the size of Hong Kong

Faroe Islands covers about 1,330 km² (513 mi²) and Hong Kong about 1,040 km² (400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,330km²Faroe Islands
1,040km²Hong Kong

20 km

Faroe Islands
Hong Kong

What fits

Hong Kong is 78% of the size of Faroe Islands.
Faroe Islands is larger by 292 km² (113 mi²), which is 28% of the area of Hong Kong.
Measured in Belgiums: Faroe Islands is about 0.04, Hong Kong about 0.03.

How they differ

Faroe Islands is larger, but Hong Kong has the larger population: 7.4 million against 54,000, 137× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 7,154 in Hong Kong against 41 in Faroe Islands: Hong Kong is 176× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,280 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Faroe Islands at 62°N is drawn about 4.6× too large and Hong Kong at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Faroe Islands as 5.00× the size of Hong Kong instead of 1.28×.
Together Faroe Islands and Hong Kong cover 2,360 km², close to the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km², 10% bigger).
The gap between them, 292 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At Hong Kong's density, Faroe Islands would have 9.5 million people (it has 54,000). At Faroe Islands's density, Hong Kong would have 42,000 (it has 7.4 million).
Faroe Islands's centre is 39.7° of latitude, about 4,410 km, farther north than Hong Kong's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Faroe Islands	1.28×
More people	Hong Kong	137×
More crowded	Hong Kong	176×
Farther north	Faroe Islands	39.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Faroe Islands	4.6× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Faroe Islands	Hong Kong
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.04×	0.03×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 235
Germany 358,000 km²	1 in 269	1 in 345
Japan 374,000 km²	1 in 281	1 in 360
France 548,000 km²	1 in 412	1 in 529
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 2,372	1 in 3,041
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 6,378	1 in 8,177
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 7,111	1 in 9,117
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 12,781	1 in 16,387

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

Side by side

	Faroe Islands	Hong Kong
Area, main territory	1,330 km²513 mi²	1,040 km²400 mi²
Population	54,000Wikidata, 2023	7.4 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	41 per km²	7,154 per km²
Official area	1,400 km²Wikidata	2,760 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tórshavn	–
Latitude range	61°N to 62°N	22°N to 23°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 1,330 km² is 5.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 1,040 km² is 62% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,760 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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