Libya is 1.04× the size of Mongolia

Libya covers about 1,624,000 km² (627,000 mi²) and Mongolia about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,624,000km²Libya
1,565,000km²Mongolia

500 km

Libya
Mongolia

What fits

Mongolia is 96% of the size of Libya.
Libya is larger by 59,100 km² (22,800 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Mongolia.
Measured in Belgiums: Libya is about 52.9, Mongolia about 51.0.

How they differ

Libya also has the larger population: 7.4 million against 3.4 million, 2.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 4.5 in Libya against 2.2 in Mongolia: Libya is 2.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,490 km apart.
On a standard web map Mongolia looks larger than Libya: Libya at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Mongolia at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Mongolia as 1.64× the size of Libya, when Libya is 1.04× the size of Mongolia.
Together Libya and Mongolia cover 3,188,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 59,100 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Mongolia's density, Libya would have 3.5 million people (it has 7.4 million). At Libya's density, Mongolia would have 7.1 million (it has 3.4 million).
Mongolia's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,220 km, farther north than Libya's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Libya	1.04×
More people	Libya	2.16×
More crowded	Libya	2.09×
Farther north	Mongolia	19.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Mongolia	2.1× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Libya	Mongolia
Belgium 30,700 km²	52.9×	51.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	6.66×	6.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	4.54×	4.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	4.35×	4.19×
France 548,000 km²	2.96×	2.86×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.52×	0.50×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.19×	0.18×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.17×	0.17×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.10×	0.09×

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

Side by side

	Libya	Mongolia
Area, main territory	1,624,000 km²627,000 mi²	1,565,000 km²604,000 mi²
Population	7.4 millionWikidata, 2024	3.4 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	4.5 per km²	2.2 per km²
Official area	1,760,000 km²Wikidata	1,564,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tripoli	Ulaanbaatar
Latitude range	19°N to 33°N	42°N to 52°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 1,624,000 km² is 7.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,760,000 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 1,564,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 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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