Iceland is 61.8× the size of Guadeloupe
Iceland (Europe) covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²) and Guadeloupe (overseas region of France) about 1,660 km² (640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 102,000km²Iceland
- 1,660km²Guadeloupe
100 km
- Iceland
- Guadeloupe
What fits
- Guadeloupe fits inside Iceland about 61.8 times by area.
- Iceland is larger by 101,000 km² (38,900 mi²), which is 6,078% of the area of Guadeloupe.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iceland is about 3.34, Guadeloupe about 0.05.
How they differ
- Iceland is larger, but Guadeloupe has the larger population: 384,000 against 364,000, 1.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 231 in Guadeloupe against 3.6 in Iceland: Guadeloupe is 65.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iceland at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large and Guadeloupe at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Iceland as 319× the size of Guadeloupe instead of 61.8×.
- Together Iceland and Guadeloupe cover 104,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 4.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 101,000 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
- At Guadeloupe's density, Iceland would have 23.7 million people (it has 364,000). At Iceland's density, Guadeloupe would have 5,900 (it has 384,000).
- Iceland's centre is 48.8° of latitude, about 5,430 km, farther north than Guadeloupe's.
- Iceland ranks 108th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Iceland lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,430 km) north of Guadeloupe.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iceland would have about 281,090 m² and each person in Guadeloupe about 4,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Iceland and Guadeloupe would cover 104,000 km², 96% of the size of Guatemala.
- Together they have 748,000 people, 95% as many people as Bhutan.
- Guadeloupe is drawn from 94 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Guadeloupe would rank 183rd by area and 177th by population.
Side by side
| Iceland | Guadeloupe | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 102,000 km²39,500 mi² | 1,660 km²640 mi² |
| Official area | 103,000 km²Wikidata | 1,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 107th of 239worldwide | 16th of 18in France |
| Population | 364,000Wikidata, 2019 | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 177th of 237worldwide | 14th of 18in France |
| Density | 3.6 per km² | 231 per km² |
| Capital | Reykjavík | Basse-Terre |
| Latitude range | 63°N to 67°N | 16°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12