Sierra Leone is 1.01× the size of United Arab Emirates

Sierra Leone covers about 71,600 km² (27,600 mi²) and United Arab Emirates about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

71,600km²Sierra Leone
71,100km²United Arab Emirates

100 km

Sierra Leone
United Arab Emirates

What fits

United Arab Emirates is 99% of the size of Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is larger by 527 km² (203 mi²), which is 0.7% of the area of United Arab Emirates.
Measured in Belgiums: Sierra Leone is about 2.33, United Arab Emirates about 2.32.

How they differ

Sierra Leone is larger, but United Arab Emirates has the larger population: 9.9 million against 7.6 million, 1.31× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in United Arab Emirates against 106 in Sierra Leone: United Arab Emirates is 1.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,200 km apart.
On a standard web map United Arab Emirates looks larger than Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone at 9°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and United Arab Emirates at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows United Arab Emirates as 1.16× the size of Sierra Leone, when Sierra Leone is 1.01× the size of United Arab Emirates.
Together Sierra Leone and United Arab Emirates cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
At United Arab Emirates's density, Sierra Leone would have 10.0 million people (it has 7.6 million). At Sierra Leone's density, United Arab Emirates would have 7.5 million (it has 9.9 million).
United Arab Emirates's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,710 km, farther north than Sierra Leone's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Sierra Leone	1.01×
More people	United Arab Emirates	1.31×
More crowded	United Arab Emirates	1.32×
Farther north	United Arab Emirates	15.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	United Arab Emirates	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Sierra Leone	United Arab Emirates
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.33×	2.32×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.29×	0.29×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.20×	0.20×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.19×	0.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 237	1 in 239

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

Side by side

	Sierra Leone	United Arab Emirates
Area, main territory	71,600 km²27,600 mi²	71,100 km²27,400 mi²
Population	7.6 millionWikidata, 2017	9.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	106 per km²	139 per km²
Official area	71,700 km²Wikidata	83,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	Freetown	Abu Dhabi
Latitude range	7°N to 10°N	23°N to 26°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2020, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 71,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,600 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 71,100 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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