Portugal is 1.10× the size of French Guiana
Portugal (Europe) covers about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²) and French Guiana (overseas region of France) about 83,200 km² (32,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 91,400km²Portugal
- 83,200km²French Guiana
500 km
- Portugal
- French Guiana
What fits
- French Guiana is 91% of the size of Portugal.
- Portugal is larger by 8,210 km² (3,170 mi²), which is 9.9% of the area of French Guiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Portugal is about 2.98, French Guiana about 2.71.
How they differ
- Portugal also has the larger population: 10.3 million against 288,000, 35.9× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 113 in Portugal against 3.5 in French Guiana: Portugal is 32.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,980 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Portugal at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and French Guiana at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Portugal as 1.84× the size of French Guiana instead of 1.10×.
- Together Portugal and French Guiana cover 175,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,210 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At French Guiana's density, Portugal would have 317,000 people (it has 10.3 million). At Portugal's density, French Guiana would have 9.4 million (it has 288,000).
- Portugal's centre is 35.7° of latitude, about 3,970 km, farther north than French Guiana's.
- Portugal ranks 112th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- French Guiana is the 2nd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Portugal lies about 36° of latitude (roughly 3,970 km) north of French Guiana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Portugal would have about 8,830 m² and each person in French Guiana about 288,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Portugal and French Guiana would cover 175,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.
- Counted as a country, French Guiana would rank 116th by area and 180th by population.
Side by side
| Portugal | French Guiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 91,400 km²35,300 mi² | 83,200 km²32,100 mi² |
| Official area | 92,200 km²Wikidata | 83,500 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 111th of 239worldwide | 2nd of 18in France |
| Population | 10.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 288,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 90th of 237worldwide | 18th of 18in France |
| Density | 113 per km² | 3.5 per km² |
| Capital | Lisbon | Cayenne |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 42°N | 2°N to 6°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 83,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 83,200 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