North Macedonia and Rwanda are almost exactly the same size

North Macedonia covers about 25,400 km² (9,800 mi²) and Rwanda about 25,300 km² (9,770 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

25,400km²North Macedonia
25,300km²Rwanda

50 km

North Macedonia
Rwanda

What fits

Rwanda is 100% of the size of North Macedonia.
The measured areas differ by 80.2 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: North Macedonia is about 0.83, Rwanda about 0.83.

How they differ

North Macedonia is larger, but Rwanda has the larger population: 14.6 million against 1.8 million, 7.93× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 576 in Rwanda against 72 in North Macedonia: Rwanda is 7.96× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,920 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Macedonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Rwanda at 2°S about 1.0×, so the map shows North Macedonia as 1.79× the size of Rwanda instead of 1.00×.
Together North Macedonia and Rwanda cover 50,700 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.9% bigger).
At Rwanda's density, North Macedonia would have 14.6 million people (it has 1.8 million). At North Macedonia's density, Rwanda would have 1.8 million (it has 14.6 million).
North Macedonia's centre is 43.6° of latitude, about 4,850 km, farther north than Rwanda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	North Macedonia	1.00×
More people	Rwanda	7.93×
More crowded	Rwanda	7.96×
Farther north	North Macedonia	43.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	North Macedonia	1.8× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	North Macedonia	Rwanda
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.83×	0.83×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.10×	0.10×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 334	1 in 335
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 372	1 in 373
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 669	1 in 671

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

Side by side

	North Macedonia	Rwanda
Area, main territory	25,400 km²9,800 mi²	25,300 km²9,770 mi²
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2021	14.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	72 per km²	576 per km²
Official area	25,700 km²Wikidata	26,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Skopje	Kigali
Latitude range	41°N to 42°N	3°S to 1°S
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,300 km² is 3.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 26,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to North Macedonia

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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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