Morocco and Madagascar (island) are almost exactly the same size

Morocco (country) covers about 592,000 km² (228,000 mi²) and Madagascar (island) (island) about 589,000 km² (228,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale. The Madagascar (island) outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.

592,000km²Morocco
589,000km²Madagascar (island)

500 km

Morocco
Madagascar (island)

What fits

Madagascar (island) is 100% of the size of Morocco.
The measured areas differ by 2,360 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Morocco is about 19.3, Madagascar (island) about 19.2.

How they differ

Their centres are about 8,060 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Morocco at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Madagascar (island) at 19°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Morocco as 1.19× the size of Madagascar (island) instead of 1.00×.
Together Morocco and Madagascar (island) cover 1,181,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
Morocco's centre is 49.1° of latitude, about 5,460 km, farther north than Madagascar (island)'s.
Morocco ranks 45th of 212 countries by area.
Madagascar (island) is an island and ranks 4th of the 81 islands on sizeversus by area.
Laid out flat, Morocco stretches about 1,600 km north to south and 1,580 km east to west; Madagascar (island) about 1,500 km by 759 km.
Wikidata’s published figure of 588,000 km² agrees with our measured 589,000 km², to within 2%.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Morocco	1.00×
Farther north	Morocco	49.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Morocco	1.3× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Morocco	Madagascar (island)
Belgium 30,700 km²	19.3×	19.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.43×	2.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.65×	1.65×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.58×	1.58×
France 548,000 km²	1.08×	1.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.19×	0.19×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Morocco	Madagascar (island)
Is a	CountryAfrica	Islandisland on sizeversus
Area, measured	592,000 km²228,000 mi²	589,000 km²228,000 mi²
Area, published	447,000 km²Wikidata	588,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	45th of 212countries	4th of 81islands
Latitude range	21°N to 36°N	26°S to 12°S
On the shore	–	1 on the shore

Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.

Natural Earth’s outlines of Madagascar contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Madagascar (island). That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.

Similar in size to Morocco

Similar in size to Madagascar (island)

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Sources and method

Outlines: Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
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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