Moldova is 1.01× the size of Guinea-Bissau

Moldova covers about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²) and Guinea-Bissau about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

33,200km²Moldova
32,800km²Guinea-Bissau

100 km

Moldova
Guinea-Bissau

What fits

Guinea-Bissau is 99% of the size of Moldova.
Moldova is larger by 377 km² (146 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Guinea-Bissau.
Measured in Belgiums: Moldova is about 1.08, Guinea-Bissau about 1.07.

How they differ

Moldova also has the larger population: 2.4 million against 1.9 million, 1.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 73 in Moldova against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Moldova is 1.28× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,620 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Moldova at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Guinea-Bissau at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Moldova as 2.09× the size of Guinea-Bissau instead of 1.01×.
Together Moldova and Guinea-Bissau cover 66,000 km², close to the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 377 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Guinea-Bissau's density, Moldova would have 1.9 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Moldova's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 2.4 million (it has 1.9 million).
Moldova's centre is 35.2° of latitude, about 3,910 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Moldova	1.01×
More people	Moldova	1.29×
More crowded	Moldova	1.28×
Farther north	Moldova	35.2° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Moldova	2.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Moldova	Guinea-Bissau
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.08×	1.07×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
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 258
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 285	1 in 288
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 511	1 in 517

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

Side by side

	Moldova	Guinea-Bissau
Area, main territory	33,200 km²12,800 mi²	32,800 km²12,700 mi²
Population	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024	1.9 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	73 per km²	57 per km²
Official area	33,800 km²Wikidata	36,100 km²Wikidata
Capital	Chișinău	Bissau
Latitude range	45°N to 48°N	11°N to 13°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017, 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%.
Our measured 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 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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