Guinea-Bissau is 1.07× the size of Belgium
Guinea-Bissau covers about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²) and Belgium about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,800km²Guinea-Bissau
- 30,700km²Belgium
100 km
- Guinea-Bissau
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium is 93% of the size of Guinea-Bissau.
- Guinea-Bissau is larger by 2,160 km² (834 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Guinea-Bissau is about 0.79, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Guinea-Bissau is larger, but Belgium has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.9 million, 6.35× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Belgium is 6.80× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,650 km apart.
- On a standard web map Belgium looks larger than Guinea-Bissau: Guinea-Bissau at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Belgium as 2.22× the size of Guinea-Bissau, when Guinea-Bissau is 1.07× the size of Belgium.
- Together Guinea-Bissau and Belgium cover 63,500 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,160 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 12.7 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Guinea-Bissau's density, Belgium would have 1.7 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 38.6° of latitude, about 4,290 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07× |
| More people | Belgium | 6.35× |
| More crowded | Belgium | 6.80× |
| Farther north | Belgium | 38.6° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Belgium | 2.5× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Guinea-Bissau | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.13× | 0.13× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.09× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.08× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.06× | 0.06× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 258 | 1 in 276 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 288 | 1 in 308 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 517 | 1 in 554 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Guinea-Bissau | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 32,800 km²12,700 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Density | 57 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Official area | 36,100 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Bissau | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 13°N | 49°N to 51°N |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 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 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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