Nepal is 1.03× the size of Tajikistan

Nepal covers about 147,000 km² (56,800 mi²) and Tajikistan about 142,000 km² (54,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

147,000km²Nepal
142,000km²Tajikistan

200 km

Nepal
Tajikistan

What fits

Tajikistan is 97% of the size of Nepal.
Nepal is larger by 4,870 km² (1,880 mi²), which is 3.4% of the area of Tajikistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Nepal is about 4.80, Tajikistan about 4.64.

How they differ

Nepal also has the larger population: 29.2 million against 9.5 million, 3.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 198 in Nepal against 67 in Tajikistan: Nepal is 2.97× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,650 km apart.
On a standard web map Tajikistan looks larger than Nepal: Nepal at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Tajikistan at 39°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tajikistan as 1.23× the size of Nepal, when Nepal is 1.03× the size of Tajikistan.
Together Nepal and Tajikistan cover 289,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 1.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,870 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Tajikistan's density, Nepal would have 9.8 million people (it has 29.2 million). At Nepal's density, Tajikistan would have 28.2 million (it has 9.5 million).
Tajikistan's centre is 10.3° of latitude, about 1,140 km, farther north than Nepal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Nepal	1.03×
More people	Nepal	3.07×
More crowded	Nepal	2.97×
Farther north	Tajikistan	10.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tajikistan	1.6× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Nepal	Tajikistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.80×	4.64×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.60×	0.58×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.41×	0.40×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.39×	0.38×
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	Tajikistan
Area, main territory	147,000 km²56,800 mi²	142,000 km²54,900 mi²
Population	29.2 millionWikidata, 2021	9.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	198 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	147,000 km²Wikidata	143,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Kathmandu	Dushanbe
Latitude range	26°N to 30°N	37°N to 41°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 142,000 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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