Madagascar (island) is 1.01× the size of Kenya
Madagascar (island) (island) covers about 589,000 km² (228,000 mi²) and Kenya (country) about 586,000 km² (226,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Madagascar (island) outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 589,000km²Madagascar (island)
- 586,000km²Kenya
200 km
- Madagascar (island)
- Kenya
What fits
- Kenya is 99% of the size of Madagascar (island).
- Madagascar (island) is larger by 3,690 km² (1,420 mi²), which is 0.6% of the area of Kenya.
- Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar (island) is about 19.2, Kenya about 19.1.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 2,410 km apart.
- Together Madagascar (island) and Kenya cover 1,175,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- Kenya's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Madagascar (island)'s.
- Madagascar (island) is an island and ranks 4th of the 81 islands on sizeversus by area.
- Kenya ranks 46th of 212 countries by area.
- Laid out flat, Madagascar (island) stretches about 1,500 km north to south and 759 km east to west; Kenya about 1,080 km by 887 km.
- Wikidata’s published figure of 588,000 km² agrees with our measured 589,000 km², to within 2%.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Madagascar (island) | 1.01× |
| Farther north | Kenya | 19.9° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Madagascar (island) | 1.1× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Madagascar (island) | Kenya |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 19.2× | 19.1× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 2.42× | 2.40× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 1.65× | 1.64× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 1.58× | 1.57× |
| France 548,000 km² | 1.08× | 1.07× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.19× | 0.19× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.07× | 0.07× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.06× | 0.06× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Madagascar (island) | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Islandisland on sizeversus | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 589,000 km²228,000 mi² | 586,000 km²226,000 mi² |
| Area, published | 588,000 km²Wikidata | 581,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 81islands | 46th of 212countries |
| Latitude range | 26°S to 12°S | 5°S to 5°N |
| On the shore | 1 on the shore | – |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Madagascar contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Madagascar (island). That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- 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