Finland is 1.24× the size of Colorado
Finland (Europe) covers about 333,000 km² (129,000 mi²) and Colorado (state of the United States) about 269,000 km² (104,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 333,000km²Finland
- 269,000km²Colorado
200 km
- Finland
- Colorado
What fits
- Colorado is 81% of the size of Finland.
- Finland is larger by 63,900 km² (24,700 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Colorado.
- Measured in Belgiums: Finland is about 10.9, Colorado about 8.78.
How they differ
- Finland is larger, but Colorado has the larger population: 5.8 million against 5.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 21 in Colorado against 17 in Finland: Colorado is 1.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,780 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Finland at 64°N is drawn about 5.3× too large and Colorado at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Finland as 3.96× the size of Colorado instead of 1.24×.
- Together Finland and Colorado cover 602,000 km², close to the size of Madagascar (593,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 63,900 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
- At Colorado's density, Finland would have 7.1 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Finland's density, Colorado would have 4.6 million (it has 5.8 million).
- Finland's centre is 25.3° of latitude, about 2,810 km, farther north than Colorado's.
- Finland ranks 67th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Finland lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,810 km) north of Colorado.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Finland would have about 58,920 m² and each person in Colorado about 46,630 m².
- Laid side by side, Finland and Colorado would cover 602,000 km², about the same size as Madagascar.
- Together they have 11.4 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
- Counted as a country, Colorado would rank 75th by area and 116th by population.
Side by side
| Finland | Colorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 333,000 km²129,000 mi² | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² |
| Official area | 338,000 km²Wikidata | 270,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 66th of 239worldwide | 8th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2025 | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 116th of 237worldwide | 21st of 51in the United States |
| Density | 17 per km² | 21 per km² |
| Capital | Helsinki | Denver |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 70°N | 37°N to 41°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 338,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 333,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12