Iceland is 1.07× the size of Liberia

Iceland covers about 102,000 km² (39,500 mi²) and Liberia about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

102,000km²Iceland
95,300km²Liberia

100 km

Iceland
Liberia

What fits

Liberia is 93% of the size of Iceland.
Iceland is larger by 7,090 km² (2,740 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Liberia.
Measured in Belgiums: Iceland is about 3.34, Liberia about 3.11.

How they differ

Iceland is larger, but Liberia has the larger population: 5.2 million against 364,000, 14.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 55 in Liberia against 3.6 in Iceland: Liberia is 15.4× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,550 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iceland at 65°N is drawn about 5.6× too large and Liberia at 6°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Iceland as 5.94× the size of Liberia instead of 1.07×.
Together Iceland and Liberia cover 198,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,090 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Liberia's density, Iceland would have 5.6 million people (it has 364,000). At Iceland's density, Liberia would have 339,000 (it has 5.2 million).
Iceland's centre is 58.5° of latitude, about 6,510 km, farther north than Liberia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Iceland	1.07×
More people	Liberia	14.3×
More crowded	Liberia	15.4×
Farther north	Iceland	58.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Iceland	5.6× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Iceland	Liberia
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.34×	3.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.42×	0.39×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.29×	0.27×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.27×	0.26×
France 548,000 km²	0.19×	0.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	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

	Iceland	Liberia
Area, main territory	102,000 km²39,500 mi²	95,300 km²36,800 mi²
Population	364,000Wikidata, 2019	5.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	3.6 per km²	55 per km²
Official area	103,000 km²Wikidata	111,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Reykjavík	Monrovia
Latitude range	63°N to 67°N	4°N to 9°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 103,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 102,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 95,300 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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