Pennsylvania is 3.89× the size of Belgium
Pennsylvania (state of the United States) covers about 119,000 km² (46,100 mi²) and Belgium (Europe) about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 119,000km²Pennsylvania
- 30,700km²Belgium
100 km
- Pennsylvania
- Belgium
What fits
- Belgium fits inside Pennsylvania about 3.89 times by area.
- Pennsylvania is larger by 88,700 km² (34,200 mi²), which is 289% of the area of Belgium.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Pennsylvania is about 2.88, Belgium about 0.74.
How they differ
- Pennsylvania also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 11.8 million, 1.10× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 109 in Pennsylvania: Belgium is 3.54× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,150 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Pennsylvania at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Belgium at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Pennsylvania as 2.74× the size of Belgium instead of 3.89×.
- Together Pennsylvania and Belgium cover 150,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 88,700 km², is about the size of Jordan (88,900 km²).
- At Belgium's density, Pennsylvania would have 46.0 million people (it has 13.0 million). At Pennsylvania's density, Belgium would have 3.3 million (it has 11.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 9.7° of latitude, about 1,080 km, farther north than Pennsylvania's.
- Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Belgium lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,080 km) north of Pennsylvania.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Pennsylvania would have about 9,180 m² and each person in Belgium about 2,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Pennsylvania and Belgium would cover 150,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
- Together they have 24.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Syria.
- Counted as a country, Pennsylvania would rank 102nd by area and 78th by population.
Side by side
| Pennsylvania | Belgium | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 119,000 km²46,100 mi² | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² |
| Official area | 119,000 km²Wikidata | 30,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 33rd of 51in the United States | 140th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 51in the United States | 80th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 109 per km² | 386 per km² |
| Capital | Harrisburg | Brussels |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 119,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 119,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 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