Greenland is 1.12× the size of Saudi Arabia

Greenland covers about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²) and Saudi Arabia about 1,922,000 km² (742,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,154,000km²Greenland
1,922,000km²Saudi Arabia

500 km

Greenland
Saudi Arabia

What fits

Saudi Arabia is 89% of the size of Greenland.
Greenland is larger by 233,000 km² (89,800 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Saudi Arabia.
Measured in Belgiums: Greenland is about 70.2, Saudi Arabia about 62.7.

How they differ

Greenland is larger, but Saudi Arabia has the larger population: 33.0 million against 57,000, 583× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 17 in Saudi Arabia against 0.0 in Greenland: Saudi Arabia is 654× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,340 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greenland at 73°N is drawn about 11.9× too large and Saudi Arabia at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Greenland as 11.1× the size of Saudi Arabia instead of 1.12×.
Together Greenland and Saudi Arabia cover 4,076,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 23% smaller).
The gap between them, 233,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At Saudi Arabia's density, Greenland would have 37.0 million people (it has 57,000). At Greenland's density, Saudi Arabia would have 50,000 (it has 33.0 million).
Greenland's centre is 49.0° of latitude, about 5,450 km, farther north than Saudi Arabia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Greenland	1.12×
More people	Saudi Arabia	583×
More crowded	Saudi Arabia	654×
Farther north	Greenland	49.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greenland	11.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Greenland	Saudi Arabia
Belgium 30,700 km²	70.2×	62.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	8.84×	7.88×
Germany 358,000 km²	6.02×	5.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.77×	5.15×
France 548,000 km²	3.93×	3.51×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.68×	0.61×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.25×	0.23×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.23×	0.20×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.13×	0.11×

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

Side by side

	Greenland	Saudi Arabia
Area, main territory	2,154,000 km²832,000 mi²	1,922,000 km²742,000 mi²
Population	57,000Wikidata, 2023	33.0 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	0.0 per km²	17 per km²
Official area	2,166,000 km²Wikidata	2,250,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Nuuk	Riyadh
Latitude range	60°N to 84°N	16°N to 32°N
Continent	North America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 1,922,000 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,250,000 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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