Moldova is 1.08× the size of Belgium

Moldova covers about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²) and Belgium about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

33,200km²Moldova
30,700km²Belgium

50 km

Moldova
Belgium

What fits

Belgium is 92% of the size of Moldova.
Moldova is larger by 2,540 km² (979 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of Belgium.
Measured in Switzerlands: Moldova is about 0.80, Belgium about 0.74.

How they differ

Moldova is larger, but Belgium has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.4 million, 4.91× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 73 in Moldova: Belgium is 5.31× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,770 km apart.
On a standard web map Belgium looks larger than Moldova: Moldova at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Belgium as 1.06× the size of Moldova, when Moldova is 1.08× the size of Belgium.
Together Moldova and Belgium cover 63,900 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,540 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Belgium's density, Moldova would have 12.8 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Moldova's density, Belgium would have 2.2 million (it has 11.8 million).
Belgium's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 380 km, farther north than Moldova's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Moldova	1.08×
More people	Belgium	4.91×
More crowded	Belgium	5.31×
Farther north	Belgium	3.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Belgium	2.5× against 2.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Moldova	Belgium
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
France 548,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 255	1 in 276
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 285	1 in 308
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 511	1 in 554

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

Side by side

	Moldova	Belgium
Area, main territory	33,200 km²12,800 mi²	30,700 km²11,800 mi²
Population	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024	11.8 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	73 per km²	386 per km²
Official area	33,800 km²Wikidata	30,700 km²Wikidata
Capital	Chișinău	Brussels
Latitude range	45°N to 48°N	49°N to 51°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 33,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,200 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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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