Odisha is 1.18× the size of Greece
Odisha (state of India) covers about 155,000 km² (59,900 mi²) and Greece (Europe) about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 155,000km²Odisha
- 131,000km²Greece
200 km
- Odisha
- Greece
What fits
- Greece is 85% of the size of Odisha.
- Odisha is larger by 23,800 km² (9,200 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Greece.
- Measured in Belgiums: Odisha is about 5.06, Greece about 4.28.
How they differ
- Odisha also has the larger population: 42.0 million against 10.5 million, 4.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 270 in Odisha against 80 in Greece: Odisha is 3.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,150 km apart.
- On a standard web map Greece looks larger than Odisha: Odisha at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Greece at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Greece as 1.23× the size of Odisha, when Odisha is 1.18× the size of Greece.
- Together Odisha and Greece cover 287,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 23,800 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At Greece's density, Odisha would have 12.4 million people (it has 42.0 million). At Odisha's density, Greece would have 35.5 million (it has 10.5 million).
- Greece's centre is 18.5° of latitude, about 2,060 km, farther north than Odisha's.
- Odisha is the 8th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Greece ranks 98th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Greece lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,060 km) north of Odisha.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Odisha would have about 3,700 m² and each person in Greece about 12,530 m².
- Laid side by side, Odisha and Greece would cover 287,000 km², about the same size as the Philippines.
- Together they have 52.5 million people, about as many people as Colombia.
- Counted as a country, Odisha would rank 93rd by area and 34th by population.
Side by side
| Odisha | Greece | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 155,000 km²59,900 mi² | 131,000 km²50,700 mi² |
| Official area | 156,000 km²Wikidata | 132,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 36in India | 97th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 42.0 millionWikidata, 2011 | 10.5 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 36in India | 88th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 270 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Bhubaneswar | Athens |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 23°N | 35°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 156,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 155,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12