Kansas is 1.01× the size of Guyana
Kansas (state of the United States) covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²) and Guyana (South America) about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 213,000km²Kansas
- 211,000km²Guyana
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- Kansas
- Guyana
What fits
- Guyana is 99% of the size of Kansas.
- Kansas is larger by 1,610 km² (622 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Guyana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kansas is about 6.94, Guyana about 6.89.
How they differ
- Kansas also has the larger population: 2.9 million against 879,000, 3.34× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 14 in Kansas against 4.2 in Guyana: Kansas is 3.32× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kansas at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Guyana at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Kansas as 1.63× the size of Guyana instead of 1.01×.
- Together Kansas and Guyana cover 424,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 3.1% bigger).
- At Guyana's density, Kansas would have 885,000 people (it has 2.9 million). At Kansas's density, Guyana would have 2.9 million (it has 879,000).
- Kansas's centre is 33.7° of latitude, about 3,750 km, farther north than Guyana'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.
- Guyana ranks 85th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kansas lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,750 km) north of Guyana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kansas would have about 72,440 m² and each person in Guyana about 240,380 m².
- Laid side by side, Kansas and Guyana would cover 424,000 km², 97% of the size of Iraq.
- Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Counted as a country, Kansas would rank 84th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Kansas | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountrySouth America |
| Area, measured | 213,000 km²82,200 mi² | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² |
| Official area | 213,000 km²Wikidata | 215,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 51in the United States | 84th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 35th of 51in the United States | 164th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 14 per km² | 4.2 per km² |
| Capital | Topeka | Georgetown |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 40°N | 1°N to 9°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 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