Madagascar and Morocco are almost exactly the same size
Madagascar covers about 593,000 km² (229,000 mi²) and Morocco about 592,000 km² (228,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 593,000km²Madagascar
- 592,000km²Morocco
500 km
- Madagascar
- Morocco
What fits
- Morocco is 100% of the size of Madagascar.
- The measured areas differ by 1,240 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar is about 19.3, Morocco about 19.3.
How they differ
- Madagascar is larger, but Morocco has the larger population: 36.8 million against 32.0 million, 1.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 62 in Morocco against 54 in Madagascar: Morocco is 1.15× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,060 km apart.
- On a standard web map Morocco looks larger than Madagascar: Madagascar at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Morocco at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Morocco as 1.18× the size of Madagascar, when Madagascar is 1.00× the size of Morocco.
- Together Madagascar and Morocco cover 1,185,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- At Morocco's density, Madagascar would have 36.9 million people (it has 32.0 million). At Madagascar's density, Morocco would have 31.9 million (it has 36.8 million).
- Morocco's centre is 49.1° of latitude, about 5,460 km, farther north than Madagascar's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Madagascar | 1.00× |
| More people | Morocco | 1.15× |
| More crowded | Morocco | 1.15× |
| Farther north | Morocco | 49.1° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Morocco | 1.3× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Madagascar | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 19.3× | 19.3× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 2.43× | 2.43× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 1.66× | 1.65× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 1.59× | 1.58× |
| France 548,000 km² | 1.08× | 1.08× |
| 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 | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 593,000 km²229,000 mi² | 592,000 km²228,000 mi² |
| Population | 32.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 36.8 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 54 per km² | 62 per km² |
| Official area | 587,000 km²Wikidata | 447,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Antananarivo | Rabat |
| Latitude range | 26°S to 12°S | 21°N to 36°N |
| Continent | Africa | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 587,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 593,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 592,000 km² is 33% above Wikidata's official figure of 447,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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