Guatemala is 1.06× the size of Iceland
Guatemala covers about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²) and Iceland about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 109,000km²Guatemala
- 102,000km²Iceland
100 km
- Guatemala
- Iceland
What fits
- Iceland is 94% of the size of Guatemala.
- Guatemala is larger by 6,420 km² (2,480 mi²), which is 6.3% of the area of Iceland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guatemala is about 3.55, Iceland about 3.34.
How they differ
- Guatemala also has the larger population: 17.3 million against 364,000, 47.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 159 in Guatemala against 3.6 in Iceland: Guatemala is 44.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,580 km apart.
- On a standard web map Iceland looks larger than Guatemala: Guatemala at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iceland at 65°N about 5.6×, so the map shows Iceland as 4.88× the size of Guatemala, when Guatemala is 1.06× the size of Iceland.
- Together Guatemala and Iceland cover 211,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,420 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Iceland's density, Guatemala would have 387,000 people (it has 17.3 million). At Guatemala's density, Iceland would have 16.2 million (it has 364,000).
- Iceland's centre is 49.3° of latitude, about 5,480 km, farther north than Guatemala's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Guatemala | 1.06× |
| More people | Guatemala | 47.4× |
| More crowded | Guatemala | 44.6× |
| Farther north | Iceland | 49.3° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Iceland | 5.6× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Guatemala | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 3.55× | 3.34× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.45× | 0.42× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.30× | 0.29× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.29× | 0.27× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.20× | 0.19× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Guatemala | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 109,000 km²42,000 mi² | 102,000 km²39,500 mi² |
| Population | 17.3 millionWikidata, 2018 | 364,000Wikidata, 2019 |
| Density | 159 per km² | 3.6 per km² |
| Official area | 109,000 km²Wikidata | 103,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Guatemala City | Reykjavík |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 18°N | 63°N to 67°N |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2019, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 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