Honduras is 1.03× the size of Guatemala

Honduras covers about 112,000 km² (43,300 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

112,000km²Honduras
109,000km²Guatemala

200 km

Honduras
Guatemala

What fits

Guatemala is 97% of the size of Honduras.
Honduras is larger by 3,430 km² (1,320 mi²), which is 3.1% of the area of Guatemala.
Measured in Belgiums: Honduras is about 3.66, Guatemala about 3.55.

How they differ

Honduras is larger, but Guatemala has the larger population: 17.3 million against 8.3 million, 2.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 159 in Guatemala against 74 in Honduras: Guatemala is 2.14× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 412 km apart.
Together Honduras and Guatemala cover 221,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,430 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Guatemala's density, Honduras would have 17.8 million people (it has 8.3 million). At Honduras's density, Guatemala would have 8.1 million (it has 17.3 million).
Guatemala's centre is 0.9° of latitude, about 100 km, farther north than Honduras's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Honduras	1.03×
More people	Guatemala	2.08×
More crowded	Guatemala	2.14×
Farther north	Guatemala	0.9° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Honduras	Guatemala
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.66×	3.55×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.46×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.31×	0.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.30×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	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

	Honduras	Guatemala
Area, main territory	112,000 km²43,300 mi²	109,000 km²42,000 mi²
Population	8.3 millionWikidata, 2013	17.3 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	74 per km²	159 per km²
Official area	112,000 km²Wikidata	109,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tegucigalpa	Guatemala City
Latitude range	13°N to 17°N	14°N to 18°N
Continent	North America	North America

Population: Wikidata 2013 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 112,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 112,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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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