Faroe Islands is 1.28× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe

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

1,330km²Faroe Islands
1,040km²São Tomé and Príncipe

20 km

Faroe Islands
São Tomé and Príncipe

What fits

São Tomé and Príncipe is 78% of the size of Faroe Islands.
Faroe Islands is larger by 291 km² (112 mi²), which is 28% of the area of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Measured in Belgiums: Faroe Islands is about 0.04, São Tomé and Príncipe about 0.03.

How they differ

Faroe Islands is larger, but São Tomé and Príncipe has the larger population: 204,000 against 54,000, 3.77× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe against 41 in Faroe Islands: São Tomé and Príncipe is 4.83× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,950 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Faroe Islands at 62°N is drawn about 4.6× too large and São Tomé and Príncipe at 0°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Faroe Islands as 5.84× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe instead of 1.28×.
Together Faroe Islands and São Tomé and Príncipe cover 2,370 km², close to the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km², 10% bigger).
The gap between them, 291 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, Faroe Islands would have 262,000 people (it has 54,000). At Faroe Islands's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 42,000 (it has 204,000).
Faroe Islands's centre is 61.6° of latitude, about 6,850 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Faroe Islands	1.28×
More people	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.77×
More crowded	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.83×
Farther north	Faroe Islands	61.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Faroe Islands	4.6× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Faroe Islands	São Tomé and Príncipe
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 528
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 2,372	1 in 3,038
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 6,378	1 in 8,169
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 7,111	1 in 9,109
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 12,781	1 in 16,371

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

Side by side

	Faroe Islands	São Tomé and Príncipe
Area, main territory	1,330 km²513 mi²	1,040 km²400 mi²
Population	54,000Wikidata, 2023	204,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	41 per km²	197 per km²
Official area	1,400 km²Wikidata	1,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tórshavn	São Tomé
Latitude range	61°N to 62°N	0°N to 2°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, 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 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 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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