Saudi Arabia is 1.04× the size of Sudan

Saudi Arabia covers about 1,922,000 km² (742,000 mi²) and Sudan about 1,856,000 km² (716,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,922,000km²Saudi Arabia
1,856,000km²Sudan

500 km

Saudi Arabia
Sudan

What fits

Sudan is 97% of the size of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is larger by 66,100 km² (25,500 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Sudan.
Measured in Belgiums: Saudi Arabia is about 62.7, Sudan about 60.5.

How they differ

Saudi Arabia is larger, but Sudan has the larger population: 40.5 million against 33.0 million, 1.23× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 22 in Sudan against 17 in Saudi Arabia: Sudan is 1.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,790 km apart.
Together Saudi Arabia and Sudan cover 3,777,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 17% smaller).
The gap between them, 66,100 km², is about the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km²).
At Sudan's density, Saudi Arabia would have 42.0 million people (it has 33.0 million). At Saudi Arabia's density, Sudan would have 31.9 million (it has 40.5 million).
Saudi Arabia's centre is 8.1° of latitude, about 900 km, farther north than Sudan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Saudi Arabia	1.04×
More people	Sudan	1.23×
More crowded	Sudan	1.27×
Farther north	Saudi Arabia	8.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Saudi Arabia	1.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
Belgium 30,700 km²	62.7×	60.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	7.88×	7.61×
Germany 358,000 km²	5.37×	5.19×
Japan 374,000 km²	5.15×	4.97×
France 548,000 km²	3.51×	3.39×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.61×	0.59×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.23×	0.22×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.11×	0.11×

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

Side by side

	Saudi Arabia	Sudan
Area, main territory	1,922,000 km²742,000 mi²	1,856,000 km²716,000 mi²
Population	33.0 millionWikidata, 2018	40.5 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	17 per km²	22 per km²
Official area	2,250,000 km²Wikidata	1,878,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Riyadh	Khartoum
Latitude range	16°N to 32°N	9°N to 22°N
Continent	Asia	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 1,922,000 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,250,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,878,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,856,000 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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