Jamaica is 1.10× the size of Lebanon

Jamaica covers about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²) and Lebanon about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,000km²Jamaica
10,000km²Lebanon

50 km

Jamaica
Lebanon

What fits

Lebanon is 91% of the size of Jamaica.
Jamaica is larger by 1,030 km² (397 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Lebanon.
Measured in Belgiums: Jamaica is about 0.36, Lebanon about 0.33.

How they differ

Jamaica is larger, but Lebanon has the larger population: 6.1 million against 2.7 million, 2.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 245 in Jamaica: Lebanon is 2.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
On a standard web map Lebanon looks larger than Jamaica: Jamaica at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Lebanon at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Lebanon as 1.19× the size of Jamaica, when Jamaica is 1.10× the size of Lebanon.
Together Jamaica and Lebanon cover 21,000 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,030 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
At Lebanon's density, Jamaica would have 6.7 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Jamaica's density, Lebanon would have 2.4 million (it has 6.1 million).
Lebanon's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,750 km, farther north than Jamaica's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Jamaica	1.10×
More people	Lebanon	2.26×
More crowded	Lebanon	2.49×
Farther north	Lebanon	15.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Lebanon	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Jamaica	Lebanon
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.36×	0.33×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 286	1 in 315
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 768	1 in 847
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 856	1 in 944
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,539	1 in 1,697

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

Side by side

	Jamaica	Lebanon
Area, main territory	11,000 km²4,260 mi²	10,000 km²3,860 mi²
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2011	6.1 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	245 per km²	610 per km²
Official area	11,000 km²Wikidata	10,500 km²Wikidata
Capital	Kingston	Beirut
Latitude range	18°N to 19°N	33°N to 35°N
Continent	North America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 10,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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