Rwanda is 1.05× the size of Sardinia (Italy)

Rwanda (Africa) covers about 25,300 km² (9,770 mi²) and Sardinia (Italy) (region of Italy) about 24,100 km² (9,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

25,300km²Rwanda
24,100km²Sardinia (Italy)

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Rwanda
Sardinia (Italy)

What fits

Sardinia (Italy) is 95% of the size of Rwanda.
Rwanda is larger by 1,190 km² (460 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Sardinia (Italy).
Measured in Belgiums: Rwanda is about 0.83, Sardinia (Italy) about 0.79.

How they differ

Rwanda also has the larger population: 14.6 million against 1.6 million, 8.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 576 in Rwanda against 68 in Sardinia (Italy): Rwanda is 8.53× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,140 km apart.
On a standard web map Sardinia (Italy) looks larger than Rwanda: Rwanda at 2°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Sardinia (Italy) at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Sardinia (Italy) as 1.63× the size of Rwanda, when Rwanda is 1.05× the size of Sardinia (Italy).
Together Rwanda and Sardinia (Italy) cover 49,400 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 1.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,190 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Sardinia (Italy)'s density, Rwanda would have 1.7 million people (it has 14.6 million). At Rwanda's density, Sardinia (Italy) would have 13.9 million (it has 1.6 million).
Sardinia (Italy)'s centre is 42.1° of latitude, about 4,680 km, farther north than Rwanda's.
Rwanda ranks 150th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Sardinia (Italy) is the 3rd largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 8.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Sardinia (Italy) lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,680 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 Sardinia (Italy) about 14,810 m².
Laid side by side, Rwanda and Sardinia (Italy) would cover 49,400 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
Together they have 16.2 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.
Counted as a country, Sardinia (Italy) would rank 150th by area and 153rd by population.

Side by side

	Rwanda	Sardinia (Italy)
Is a	CountryAfrica	RegionItaly
Area, measured	25,300 km²9,770 mi²	24,100 km²9,310 mi²
Official area	26,300 km²Wikidata	23,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	149th of 239worldwide	3rd of 20in Italy
Population	14.6 millionWikidata, 2025	1.6 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	75th of 237worldwide	11th of 20in Italy
Density	576 per km²	68 per km²
Capital	Kigali	Cagliari
Latitude range	3°S to 1°S	39°N to 41°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 23,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,100 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. The outline of Sardinia (Italy) is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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