Liberia is 1.01× the size of Indiana

Liberia (Africa) covers about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²) and Indiana (state of the United States) about 94,300 km² (36,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

95,300km²Liberia
94,300km²Indiana

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What fits

Indiana is 99% of the size of Liberia.
Liberia is larger by 966 km² (373 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Indiana.
Measured in Belgiums: Liberia is about 3.11, Indiana about 3.08.

How they differ

Liberia is larger, but Indiana has the larger population: 6.8 million against 5.2 million, 1.30× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Indiana against 55 in Liberia: Indiana is 1.31× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
On a standard web map Indiana looks larger than Liberia: Liberia at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Indiana at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Indiana as 1.66× the size of Liberia, when Liberia is 1.01× the size of Indiana.
Together Liberia and Indiana cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 966 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Indiana's density, Liberia would have 6.9 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Liberia's density, Indiana would have 5.2 million (it has 6.8 million).
Indiana's centre is 33.5° of latitude, about 3,720 km, farther north than Liberia's.
Liberia ranks 110th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Indiana is the 38th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Indiana lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,720 km) north of Liberia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Liberia would have about 18,280 m² and each person in Indiana about 13,900 m².
Laid side by side, Liberia and Indiana would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 12.0 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
Counted as a country, Indiana would rank 110th by area and 108th by population.

Side by side

	Liberia	Indiana
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateUnited States
Area, measured	95,300 km²36,800 mi²	94,300 km²36,400 mi²
Official area	111,000 km²Wikidata	94,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	109th of 239worldwide	38th of 51in the United States
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2021	6.8 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	121st of 237worldwide	17th of 51in the United States
Density	55 per km²	72 per km²
Capital	Monrovia	Indianapolis
Latitude range	4°N to 9°N	38°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 95,300 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 94,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,300 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

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