Liberia is 1.04× the size of Portugal

Liberia covers about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²) and Portugal about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

95,300km²Liberia
91,400km²Portugal

500 km

Liberia
Portugal

What fits

Portugal is 96% of the size of Liberia.
Liberia is larger by 3,910 km² (1,510 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of Portugal.
Measured in Belgiums: Liberia is about 3.11, Portugal about 2.98.

How they differ

Liberia is larger, but Portugal has the larger population: 10.3 million against 5.2 million, 1.98× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 113 in Portugal against 55 in Liberia: Portugal is 2.07× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Portugal looks larger than Liberia: Liberia at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Portugal at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Portugal as 1.60× the size of Liberia, when Liberia is 1.04× the size of Portugal.
Together Liberia and Portugal cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,910 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Portugal's density, Liberia would have 10.8 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Liberia's density, Portugal would have 5.0 million (it has 10.3 million).
Portugal's centre is 33.2° of latitude, about 3,690 km, farther north than Liberia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Liberia	1.04×
More people	Portugal	1.98×
More crowded	Portugal	2.07×
Farther north	Portugal	33.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Portugal	1.7× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Liberia	Portugal
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.11×	2.98×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.39×	0.37×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.27×	0.26×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.26×	0.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.17×	0.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Liberia	Portugal
Area, main territory	95,300 km²36,800 mi²	91,400 km²35,300 mi²
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2021	10.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	55 per km²	113 per km²
Official area	111,000 km²Wikidata	92,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Monrovia	Lisbon
Latitude range	4°N to 9°N	30°N to 42°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. 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 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 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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