Mali is 1.01× the size of Angola

Mali covers about 1,253,000 km² (484,000 mi²) and Angola about 1,245,000 km² (481,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,253,000km²Mali
1,245,000km²Angola

500 km

Mali
Angola

What fits

Angola is 99% of the size of Mali.
Mali is larger by 8,070 km² (3,120 mi²), which is 0.6% of the area of Angola.
Measured in Belgiums: Mali is about 40.8, Angola about 40.6.

How they differ

Mali is larger, but Angola has the larger population: 36.7 million against 22.4 million, 1.64× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 30 in Angola against 18 in Mali: Angola is 1.65× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,020 km apart.
Together Mali and Angola cover 2,497,000 km², close to the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km², 6.9% smaller).
At Angola's density, Mali would have 37.0 million people (it has 22.4 million). At Mali's density, Angola would have 22.3 million (it has 36.7 million).
Mali's centre is 29.6° of latitude, about 3,290 km, farther north than Angola's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Mali	1.01×
More people	Angola	1.64×
More crowded	Angola	1.65×
Farther north	Mali	29.6° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Mali	Angola
Belgium 30,700 km²	40.8×	40.6×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	5.14×	5.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.50×	3.48×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.35×	3.33×
France 548,000 km²	2.29×	2.27×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.40×	0.40×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.15×	0.15×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×

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

Side by side

	Mali	Angola
Area, main territory	1,253,000 km²484,000 mi²	1,245,000 km²481,000 mi²
Population	22.4 millionWikidata, 2022	36.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	18 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	1,240,000 km²Wikidata	1,247,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bamako	Luanda
Latitude range	10°N to 25°N	18°S to 4°S
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,240,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,253,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,245,000 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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