Peru is 1.02× the size of Chad

Peru covers about 1,290,000 km² (498,000 mi²) and Chad about 1,266,000 km² (489,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,290,000km²Peru
1,266,000km²Chad

500 km

Peru
Chad

What fits

Chad is 98% of the size of Peru.
Peru is larger by 23,600 km² (9,110 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Chad.
Measured in Belgiums: Peru is about 42.1, Chad about 41.3.

How they differ

Peru also has the larger population: 34.2 million against 19.3 million, 1.77× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 26 in Peru against 15 in Chad: Peru is 1.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
On a standard web map Chad looks larger than Peru: Peru at 9°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Chad at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Chad as 1.03× the size of Peru, when Peru is 1.02× the size of Chad.
Together Peru and Chad cover 2,556,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 6.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 23,600 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Chad's density, Peru would have 19.7 million people (it has 34.2 million). At Peru's density, Chad would have 33.5 million (it has 19.3 million).
Chad's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Peru's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Peru	1.02×
More people	Peru	1.77×
More crowded	Peru	1.74×
Farther north	Chad	24.4° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Peru	Chad
Belgium 30,700 km²	42.1×	41.3×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	5.29×	5.19×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.61×	3.54×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.45×	3.39×
France 548,000 km²	2.35×	2.31×
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	Chad
Area, main territory	1,290,000 km²498,000 mi²	1,266,000 km²489,000 mi²
Population	34.2 millionWikidata, 2025	19.3 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	26 per km²	15 per km²
Official area	1,285,000 km²Wikidata	1,284,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Lima	N'Djamena
Latitude range	18°S to 0°S	7°N to 23°N
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 1,284,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,266,000 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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