Guinea is 1.01× the size of Uganda

Guinea covers about 244,000 km² (94,300 mi²) and Uganda about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

244,000km²Guinea
242,000km²Uganda

200 km

Guinea
Uganda

What fits

Uganda is 99% of the size of Guinea.
Guinea is larger by 2,450 km² (945 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Uganda.
Measured in Belgiums: Guinea is about 7.97, Uganda about 7.89.

How they differ

Guinea is larger, but Uganda has the larger population: 47.1 million against 17.5 million, 2.69× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Uganda against 72 in Guinea: Uganda is 2.72× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,890 km apart.
Together Guinea and Uganda cover 486,000 km², close to the size of Spain (499,000 km², 2.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,450 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Uganda's density, Guinea would have 47.6 million people (it has 17.5 million). At Guinea's density, Uganda would have 17.3 million (it has 47.1 million).
Guinea's centre is 9.2° of latitude, about 1,020 km, farther north than Uganda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Guinea	1.01×
More people	Uganda	2.69×
More crowded	Uganda	2.72×
Farther north	Guinea	9.2° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Guinea	Uganda
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.97×	7.89×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.00×	0.99×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.68×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.65×
France 548,000 km²	0.45×	0.44×
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

	Guinea	Uganda
Area, main territory	244,000 km²94,300 mi²	242,000 km²93,400 mi²
Population	17.5 millionWikidata, 2025	47.1 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	72 per km²	195 per km²
Official area	246,000 km²Wikidata	241,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Conakry	Kampala
Latitude range	7°N to 13°N	1°S to 4°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 244,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 241,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 242,000 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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