Nepal is 1.01× the size of Suriname

Nepal covers about 147,000 km² (56,800 mi²) and Suriname about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

147,000km²Nepal
145,000km²Suriname

200 km

Nepal
Suriname

What fits

Suriname is 99% of the size of Nepal.
Nepal is larger by 1,980 km² (765 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Suriname.
Measured in Belgiums: Nepal is about 4.80, Suriname about 4.73.

How they differ

Nepal also has the larger population: 29.2 million against 563,000, 51.8× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 198 in Nepal against 3.9 in Suriname: Nepal is 51.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nepal at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Suriname at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Nepal as 1.30× the size of Suriname instead of 1.01×.
Together Nepal and Suriname cover 292,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,980 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Suriname's density, Nepal would have 571,000 people (it has 29.2 million). At Nepal's density, Suriname would have 28.8 million (it has 563,000).
Nepal's centre is 24.1° of latitude, about 2,680 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Nepal	1.01×
More people	Nepal	51.8×
More crowded	Nepal	51.1×
Farther north	Nepal	24.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Nepal	1.3× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Nepal	Suriname
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.80×	4.73×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.60×	0.60×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.41×	0.41×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.39×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.27×	0.26×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Nepal	Suriname
Area, main territory	147,000 km²56,800 mi²	145,000 km²56,000 mi²
Population	29.2 millionWikidata, 2021	563,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	198 per km²	3.9 per km²
Official area	147,000 km²Wikidata	163,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Kathmandu	Paramaribo
Latitude range	26°N to 30°N	2°N to 6°N
Continent	Asia	South America

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 147,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 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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