Montenegro is 1.09× the size of Bahamas

Montenegro covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Bahamas about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

13,700km²Montenegro
12,600km²Bahamas

200 km

Montenegro
Bahamas

What fits

Bahamas is 92% of the size of Montenegro.
Montenegro is larger by 1,120 km² (434 mi²), which is 8.9% of the area of Bahamas.
Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

Montenegro also has the larger population: 617,000 against 399,000, 1.55× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Montenegro against 32 in Bahamas: Montenegro is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,650 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Montenegro as 1.68× the size of Bahamas instead of 1.09×.
Together Montenegro and Bahamas cover 26,300 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,120 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Bahamas's density, Montenegro would have 435,000 people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Bahamas would have 567,000 (it has 399,000).
Montenegro's centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Bahamas's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Montenegro	1.09×
More people	Montenegro	1.55×
More crowded	Montenegro	1.42×
Farther north	Montenegro	18.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Montenegro	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Montenegro	Bahamas
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.45×	0.41×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.03×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 230	1 in 250
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 617	1 in 672
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 688	1 in 750
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,237	1 in 1,347

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

Side by side

	Montenegro	Bahamas
Area, main territory	13,700 km²5,300 mi²	12,600 km²4,870 mi²
Population	617,000Wikidata, 2022	399,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	45 per km²	32 per km²
Official area	13,900 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Podgorica	Nassau
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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

Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 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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