Montenegro is 1.12× the size of Vanuatu

Montenegro covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Vanuatu about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

13,700km²Montenegro
12,300km²Vanuatu

100 km

Montenegro
Vanuatu

What fits

Vanuatu is 90% of the size of Montenegro.
Montenegro is larger by 1,430 km² (552 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Vanuatu.
Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

Montenegro also has the larger population: 617,000 against 300,000, 2.06× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Montenegro against 24 in Vanuatu: Montenegro is 1.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Montenegro as 1.91× the size of Vanuatu instead of 1.12×.
Together Montenegro and Vanuatu cover 26,000 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 2.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,430 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Vanuatu's density, Montenegro would have 335,000 people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Vanuatu would have 553,000 (it has 300,000).
Montenegro's centre is 59.0° of latitude, about 6,560 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Montenegro	1.12×
More people	Montenegro	2.06×
More crowded	Montenegro	1.84×
Farther north	Montenegro	59.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Montenegro	1.9× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Montenegro	Vanuatu
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.45×	0.40×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
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 256
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 617	1 in 689
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 688	1 in 768
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,237	1 in 1,381

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

Side by side

	Montenegro	Vanuatu
Area, main territory	13,700 km²5,300 mi²	12,300 km²4,750 mi²
Population	617,000Wikidata, 2022	300,000Wikidata, 2020
Density	45 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	13,900 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Podgorica	Port Vila
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	20°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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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