Kansas is 1.03× the size of Belarus
Kansas (state of the United States) covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²) and Belarus (Europe) about 207,000 km² (80,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 213,000km²Kansas
- 207,000km²Belarus
200 km
- Kansas
- Belarus
What fits
- Belarus is 97% of the size of Kansas.
- Kansas is larger by 5,330 km² (2,060 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of Belarus.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kansas is about 6.94, Belarus about 6.77.
How they differ
- Kansas is larger, but Belarus has the larger population: 9.1 million against 2.9 million, 3.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 44 in Belarus against 14 in Kansas: Belarus is 3.16× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,570 km apart.
- On a standard web map Belarus looks larger than Kansas: Kansas at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Belarus at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Belarus as 1.69× the size of Kansas, when Kansas is 1.03× the size of Belarus.
- Together Kansas and Belarus cover 420,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 4.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,330 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Belarus's density, Kansas would have 9.3 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Kansas's density, Belarus would have 2.9 million (it has 9.1 million).
- Belarus's centre is 15.0° of latitude, about 1,670 km, farther north than Kansas's.
- Kansas is the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Belarus ranks 86th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belarus lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,670 km) north of Kansas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kansas would have about 72,440 m² and each person in Belarus about 22,910 m².
- Laid side by side, Kansas and Belarus would cover 420,000 km², 96% of the size of Iraq.
- Together they have 12.0 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
- Counted as a country, Kansas would rank 84th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Kansas | Belarus | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 213,000 km²82,200 mi² | 207,000 km²80,100 mi² |
| Official area | 213,000 km²Wikidata | 208,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 51in the United States | 85th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 35th of 51in the United States | 97th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 14 per km² | 44 per km² |
| Capital | Topeka | Minsk |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 40°N | 51°N to 56°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 213,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 213,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 208,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 207,000 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