Lesotho is 1.06× the size of Albania

Lesotho covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Albania about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,100km²Lesotho
28,300km²Albania

50 km

Lesotho
Albania

What fits

Albania is 94% of the size of Lesotho.
Lesotho is larger by 1,770 km² (684 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Albania.
Measured in Belgiums: Lesotho is about 0.98, Albania about 0.92.

How they differ

Lesotho is larger, but Albania has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.0 million, 1.40× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 99 in Albania against 67 in Lesotho: Albania is 1.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,910 km apart.
On a standard web map Albania looks larger than Lesotho: Lesotho at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Albania at 41°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Albania as 1.25× the size of Lesotho, when Lesotho is 1.06× the size of Albania.
Together Lesotho and Albania cover 58,400 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 2.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,770 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Albania's density, Lesotho would have 3.0 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Lesotho's density, Albania would have 1.9 million (it has 2.8 million).
Albania's centre is 70.7° of latitude, about 7,860 km, farther north than Lesotho's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Lesotho	1.06×
More people	Albania	1.40×
More crowded	Albania	1.49×
Farther north	Albania	70.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Albania	1.8× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Lesotho	Albania
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.98×	0.92×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.12×	0.12×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 281	1 in 299
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 314	1 in 333
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 564	1 in 599

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

Side by side

	Lesotho	Albania
Area, main territory	30,100 km²11,600 mi²	28,300 km²10,900 mi²
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2016	2.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	67 per km²	99 per km²
Official area	30,400 km²Wikidata	28,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Maseru	Tirana
Latitude range	31°S to 29°S	40°N to 43°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2016 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 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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