Guyana is 1.02× the size of Belarus

Guyana covers about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²) and Belarus about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

211,000km²Guyana
207,000km²Belarus

200 km

Guyana
Belarus

What fits

Belarus is 98% of the size of Guyana.
Guyana is larger by 3,710 km² (1,430 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Belarus.
Measured in Belgiums: Guyana is about 6.89, Belarus about 6.77.

How they differ

Guyana is larger, but Belarus has the larger population: 9.1 million against 879,000, 10.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 44 in Belarus against 4.2 in Guyana: Belarus is 10.5× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,380 km apart.
On a standard web map Belarus looks larger than Guyana: Guyana at 5°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Belarus at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Belarus as 2.76× the size of Guyana, when Guyana is 1.02× the size of Belarus.
Together Guyana and Belarus cover 419,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 4.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,710 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Belarus's density, Guyana would have 9.2 million people (it has 879,000). At Guyana's density, Belarus would have 863,000 (it has 9.1 million).
Belarus's centre is 48.7° of latitude, about 5,420 km, farther north than Guyana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Guyana	1.02×
More people	Belarus	10.3×
More crowded	Belarus	10.5×
Farther north	Belarus	48.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belarus	2.8× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Guyana	Belarus
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.89×	6.77×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.87×	0.85×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.59×	0.58×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.57×	0.56×
France 548,000 km²	0.39×	0.38×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Guyana	Belarus
Area, main territory	211,000 km²81,600 mi²	207,000 km²80,100 mi²
Population	879,000Wikidata, 2022	9.1 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	4.2 per km²	44 per km²
Official area	215,000 km²Wikidata	208,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Georgetown	Minsk
Latitude range	1°N to 9°N	51°N to 56°N
Continent	South America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 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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