Rwanda is 1.04× the size of New Hampshire

Rwanda (Africa) covers about 25,300 km² (9,770 mi²) and New Hampshire (state of the United States) about 24,300 km² (9,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,300km²Rwanda
24,300km²New Hampshire

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Rwanda
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What fits

New Hampshire is 96% of the size of Rwanda.
Rwanda is larger by 1,040 km² (401 mi²), which is 4.3% of the area of New Hampshire.
Measured in Belgiums: Rwanda is about 0.83, New Hampshire about 0.79.

How they differ

Rwanda also has the larger population: 14.6 million against 1.4 million, 10.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 576 in Rwanda against 57 in New Hampshire: Rwanda is 10.1× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
On a standard web map New Hampshire looks larger than Rwanda: Rwanda at 2°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Hampshire at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows New Hampshire as 1.83× the size of Rwanda, when Rwanda is 1.04× the size of New Hampshire.
Together Rwanda and New Hampshire cover 49,600 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,040 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At New Hampshire's density, Rwanda would have 1.4 million people (it has 14.6 million). At Rwanda's density, New Hampshire would have 14.0 million (it has 1.4 million).
New Hampshire's centre is 45.7° of latitude, about 5,080 km, farther north than Rwanda's.
Rwanda ranks 150th of 246 countries and territories by area.
New Hampshire is the 44th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
New Hampshire lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,080 km) north of Rwanda, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Rwanda would have about 1,740 m² and each person in New Hampshire about 17,620 m².
Laid side by side, Rwanda and New Hampshire would cover 49,600 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 15.9 million people, 1.05× as many people as Zimbabwe.
Counted as a country, New Hampshire would rank 150th by area and 156th by population.

Side by side

	Rwanda	New Hampshire
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateUnited States
Area, measured	25,300 km²9,770 mi²	24,300 km²9,370 mi²
Official area	26,300 km²Wikidata	24,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	149th of 239worldwide	44th of 51in the United States
Population	14.6 millionWikidata, 2025	1.4 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	75th of 237worldwide	41st of 51in the United States
Density	576 per km²	57 per km²
Capital	Kigali	Concord
Latitude range	3°S to 1°S	43°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 25,300 km² is 3.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 26,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 24,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,300 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

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