Ghana is 1.01× the size of Romania

Ghana covers about 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²) and Romania about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

239,000km²Ghana
236,000km²Romania

200 km

Ghana
Romania

What fits

Romania is 99% of the size of Ghana.
Ghana is larger by 2,290 km² (885 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Romania.
Measured in Belgiums: Ghana is about 7.78, Romania about 7.71.

How they differ

Ghana also has the larger population: 32.8 million against 19.1 million, 1.72× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 138 in Ghana against 81 in Romania: Ghana is 1.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Romania looks larger than Ghana: Ghana at 8°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Romania at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Romania as 2.00× the size of Ghana, when Ghana is 1.01× the size of Romania.
Together Ghana and Romania cover 475,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
At Romania's density, Ghana would have 19.2 million people (it has 32.8 million). At Ghana's density, Romania would have 32.5 million (it has 19.1 million).
Romania's centre is 37.9° of latitude, about 4,210 km, farther north than Ghana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Ghana	1.01×
More people	Ghana	1.72×
More crowded	Ghana	1.71×
Farther north	Romania	37.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Romania	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Ghana	Romania
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.78×	7.71×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.98×	0.97×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.67×	0.66×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.64×	0.63×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.43×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Ghana	Romania
Area, main territory	239,000 km²92,200 mi²	236,000 km²91,300 mi²
Population	32.8 millionWikidata, 2021	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	138 per km²	81 per km²
Official area	239,000 km²Wikidata	238,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Accra	Bucharest
Latitude range	5°N to 11°N	44°N to 48°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 239,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 239,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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