Kyrgyzstan is 1.01× the size of Senegal

Kyrgyzstan covers about 199,000 km² (76,800 mi²) and Senegal about 196,000 km² (75,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

199,000km²Kyrgyzstan
196,000km²Senegal

200 km

Kyrgyzstan
Senegal

What fits

Senegal is 99% of the size of Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan is larger by 2,770 km² (1,070 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Senegal.
Measured in Belgiums: Kyrgyzstan is about 6.49, Senegal about 6.40.

How they differ

Kyrgyzstan is larger, but Senegal has the larger population: 16.9 million against 7.3 million, 2.32× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 86 in Senegal against 37 in Kyrgyzstan: Senegal is 2.35× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,870 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kyrgyzstan at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Senegal at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kyrgyzstan as 1.70× the size of Senegal instead of 1.01×.
Together Kyrgyzstan and Senegal cover 395,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,770 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Senegal's density, Kyrgyzstan would have 17.1 million people (it has 7.3 million). At Kyrgyzstan's density, Senegal would have 7.2 million (it has 16.9 million).
Kyrgyzstan's centre is 27.1° of latitude, about 3,010 km, farther north than Senegal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Kyrgyzstan	1.01×
More people	Senegal	2.32×
More crowded	Senegal	2.35×
Farther north	Kyrgyzstan	27.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Kyrgyzstan	1.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Kyrgyzstan	Senegal
Belgium 30,700 km²	6.49×	6.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.82×	0.80×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.56×	0.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.53×	0.53×
France 548,000 km²	0.36×	0.36×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Kyrgyzstan	Senegal
Area, main territory	199,000 km²76,800 mi²	196,000 km²75,800 mi²
Population	7.3 millionWikidata, 2025	16.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	37 per km²	86 per km²
Official area	200,000 km²Wikidata	197,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bishkek	Dakar
Latitude range	39°N to 43°N	12°N to 17°N
Continent	Asia	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 200,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 199,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 197,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 196,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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