Kosovo is 1.09× the size of Lebanon

Kosovo covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²) and Lebanon about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,900km²Kosovo
10,000km²Lebanon

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Kosovo
Lebanon

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

Lebanon is 92% of the size of Kosovo.
Kosovo is larger by 909 km² (351 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of Lebanon.
Measured in Belgiums: Kosovo is about 0.36, Lebanon about 0.33.

How they differ

Kosovo is larger, but Lebanon has the larger population: 6.1 million against 1.6 million, 3.84× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 145 in Kosovo: Lebanon is 4.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,620 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kosovo at 43°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Lebanon at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Kosovo as 1.39× the size of Lebanon instead of 1.09×.
Together Kosovo and Lebanon cover 20,900 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 909 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Lebanon's density, Kosovo would have 6.7 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Kosovo's density, Lebanon would have 1.5 million (it has 6.1 million).
Kosovo's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 960 km, farther north than Lebanon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kosovo	1.09×
More people	Lebanon	3.84×
More crowded	Lebanon	4.19×
Farther north	Kosovo	8.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Kosovo	1.8× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kosovo	Lebanon
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.36×	0.33×
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 315
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 776	1 in 847
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 866	1 in 944
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,556	1 in 1,697

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

Side by side

	Kosovo	Lebanon
Area, main territory	10,900 km²4,210 mi²	10,000 km²3,860 mi²
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024	6.1 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	145 per km²	610 per km²
Official area	10,900 km²Wikidata	10,500 km²Wikidata
Capital	Pristina	Beirut
Latitude range	42°N to 43°N	33°N to 35°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2018, 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 10,000 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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