Guyana is 1.08× the size of Senegal

Guyana covers about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²) and Senegal about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

211,000km²Guyana
196,000km²Senegal

200 km

Guyana
Senegal

What fits

Senegal is 93% of the size of Guyana.
Guyana is larger by 15,000 km² (5,790 mi²), which is 7.6% of the area of Senegal.
Measured in Belgiums: Guyana is about 6.89, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

Guyana is larger, but Senegal has the larger population: 16.9 million against 879,000, 19.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 86 in Senegal against 4.2 in Guyana: Senegal is 20.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,990 km apart.
Together Guyana and Senegal cover 407,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 15,000 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Senegal's density, Guyana would have 18.2 million people (it has 879,000). At Guyana's density, Senegal would have 816,000 (it has 16.9 million).
Senegal's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,060 km, farther north than Guyana's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Guyana	1.08×
More people	Senegal	19.2×
More crowded	Senegal	20.7×
Farther north	Senegal	9.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Senegal	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Guyana	Senegal
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.89×	6.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.87×	0.80×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.59×	0.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.57×	0.53×
France 548,000 km²	0.39×	0.36×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.07×	0.06×
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	Senegal
Area, main territory	211,000 km²81,600 mi²	196,000 km²75,800 mi²
Population	879,000Wikidata, 2022	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	4.2 per km²	86 per km²
Official area	215,000 km²Wikidata	197,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Georgetown	Dakar
Latitude range	1°N to 9°N	12°N to 17°N
Continent	South America	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021, 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 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 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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