Peru is 1.04× the size of Angola

Peru covers about 1,290,000 km² (498,000 mi²) and Angola about 1,245,000 km² (481,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,290,000km²Peru
1,245,000km²Angola

500 km

Peru
Angola

What fits

Angola is 96% of the size of Peru.
Peru is larger by 45,200 km² (17,500 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Angola.
Measured in Belgiums: Peru is about 42.1, Angola about 40.6.

How they differ

Peru is larger, but Angola has the larger population: 36.7 million against 34.2 million, 1.08× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 30 in Angola against 26 in Peru: Angola is 1.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
Together Peru and Angola cover 2,535,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 7.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 45,200 km², is about the size of Estonia (45,800 km²).
At Angola's density, Peru would have 38.1 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Peru's density, Angola would have 33.0 million (it has 36.7 million).
Peru's centre is 3.2° of latitude, about 350 km, farther north than Angola's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Peru	1.04×
More people	Angola	1.08×
More crowded	Angola	1.11×
Farther north	Peru	3.2° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Peru	Angola
Belgium 30,700 km²	42.1×	40.6×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	5.29×	5.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.61×	3.48×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.45×	3.33×
France 548,000 km²	2.35×	2.27×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.41×	0.40×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.15×	0.15×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×

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

Side by side

	Peru	Angola
Area, main territory	1,290,000 km²498,000 mi²	1,245,000 km²481,000 mi²
Population	34.2 millionWikidata, 2025	36.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	26 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	1,285,000 km²Wikidata	1,247,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Lima	Luanda
Latitude range	18°S to 0°S	18°S to 4°S
Continent	South America	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,285,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,290,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,245,000 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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