Kosovo is 1.04× the size of Gambia

Kosovo covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²) and Gambia about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,900km²Kosovo
10,500km²Gambia

100 km

Kosovo
Gambia

The boundary or political status of Kosovo is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Gambia is 96% of the size of Kosovo.
Kosovo is larger by 412 km² (159 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Gambia.
Measured in Belgiums: Kosovo is about 0.36, Gambia about 0.34.

How they differ

Kosovo is larger, but Gambia has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.66× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 145 in Kosovo: Gambia is 1.73× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,750 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kosovo at 43°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Gambia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kosovo as 1.81× the size of Gambia instead of 1.04×.
Together Kosovo and Gambia cover 21,400 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 412 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
At Gambia's density, Kosovo would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Kosovo's density, Gambia would have 1.5 million (it has 2.6 million).
Kosovo's centre is 29.1° of latitude, about 3,240 km, farther north than Gambia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kosovo	1.04×
More people	Gambia	1.66×
More crowded	Gambia	1.73×
Farther north	Kosovo	29.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Kosovo	1.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kosovo	Gambia
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.36×	0.34×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.04×	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 289	1 in 300
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 776	1 in 807
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 866	1 in 900
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,556	1 in 1,617

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

Side by side

	Kosovo	Gambia
Area, main territory	10,900 km²4,210 mi²	10,500 km²4,050 mi²
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	145 per km²	251 per km²
Official area	10,900 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Pristina	Banjul
Latitude range	42°N to 43°N	13°N to 14°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 10,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 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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