Gambia is 1.31× the size of Community of Madrid

Gambia (Africa) covers about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²) and Community of Madrid (autonomous community of Spain) about 8,000 km² (3,090 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,500km²Gambia
8,000km²Community of Madrid

100 km

Gambia
Community of Madrid

What fits

Community of Madrid is 76% of the size of Gambia.
Gambia is larger by 2,500 km² (965 mi²), which is 31% of the area of Community of Madrid.
Measured in Belgiums: Gambia is about 0.34, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

Gambia is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.6 million, 2.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 251 in Gambia: Community of Madrid is 3.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,220 km apart.
On a standard web map Community of Madrid looks larger than Gambia: Gambia at 13°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Community of Madrid at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Community of Madrid as 1.25× the size of Gambia, when Gambia is 1.31× the size of Community of Madrid.
Together Gambia and Community of Madrid cover 18,500 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 2.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Community of Madrid's density, Gambia would have 9.2 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Gambia's density, Community of Madrid would have 2.0 million (it has 7.0 million).
Community of Madrid's centre is 27.0° of latitude, about 3,010 km, farther north than Gambia's.
Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Community of Madrid lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,010 km) north of Gambia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Gambia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
Laid side by side, Gambia and Community of Madrid would cover 18,500 km², about the same size as Fiji.
Together they have 9.6 million people, about as many people as Hungary.
Counted as a country, Community of Madrid would rank 170th by area and 106th by population.

Side by side

	Gambia	Community of Madrid
Is a	CountryAfrica	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	10,500 km²4,050 mi²	8,000 km²3,090 mi²
Official area	11,300 km²Wikidata	8,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	167th of 239worldwide	12th of 19in Spain
Population	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021	7.0 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	141st of 237worldwide	3rd of 19in Spain
Density	251 per km²	875 per km²
Capital	Banjul	Madrid
Latitude range	13°N to 14°N	40°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 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

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