Madagascar is 1.04× the size of Ukraine

Madagascar covers about 593,000 km² (229,000 mi²) and Ukraine about 572,000 km² (221,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

593,000km²Madagascar
572,000km²Ukraine

200 km

Madagascar
Ukraine

What fits

Ukraine is 96% of the size of Madagascar.
Madagascar is larger by 21,000 km² (8,100 mi²), which is 3.7% of the area of Ukraine.
Measured in Belgiums: Madagascar is about 19.3, Ukraine about 18.7.

How they differ

Madagascar is larger, but Ukraine has the larger population: 41.2 million against 32.0 million, 1.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Ukraine against 54 in Madagascar: Ukraine is 1.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,770 km apart.
On a standard web map Ukraine looks larger than Madagascar: Madagascar at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Ukraine at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Ukraine as 2.01× the size of Madagascar, when Madagascar is 1.04× the size of Ukraine.
Together Madagascar and Ukraine cover 1,165,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 21,000 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
At Ukraine's density, Madagascar would have 42.7 million people (it has 32.0 million). At Madagascar's density, Ukraine would have 30.8 million (it has 41.2 million).
Ukraine's centre is 68.5° of latitude, about 7,620 km, farther north than Madagascar's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Madagascar	1.04×
More people	Ukraine	1.29×
More crowded	Ukraine	1.34×
Farther north	Ukraine	68.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Ukraine	2.3× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Madagascar	Ukraine
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.3×	18.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.43×	2.35×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.66×	1.60×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.59×	1.53×
France 548,000 km²	1.08×	1.04×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.18×
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	Ukraine
Area, main territory	593,000 km²229,000 mi²	572,000 km²221,000 mi²
Population	32.0 millionWikidata, 2024	41.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	54 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	587,000 km²Wikidata	604,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Antananarivo	Kyiv
Latitude range	26°S to 12°S	45°N to 52°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022, 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 572,000 km² is 5.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 604,000 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

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