Slovakia is 1.06× the size of Estonia

Slovakia covers about 48,500 km² (18,700 mi²) and Estonia about 45,800 km² (17,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

48,500km²Slovakia
45,800km²Estonia

100 km

Slovakia
Estonia

What fits

Estonia is 95% of the size of Slovakia.
Slovakia is larger by 2,640 km² (1,020 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Estonia.
Measured in Belgiums: Slovakia is about 1.58, Estonia about 1.49.

How they differ

Slovakia also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 1.4 million, 3.95× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 112 in Slovakia against 30 in Estonia: Slovakia is 3.73× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,180 km apart.
On a standard web map Estonia looks larger than Slovakia: Slovakia at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Estonia at 59°N about 3.7×, so the map shows Estonia as 1.52× the size of Slovakia, when Slovakia is 1.06× the size of Estonia.
Together Slovakia and Estonia cover 94,300 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,640 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Estonia's density, Slovakia would have 1.4 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Slovakia's density, Estonia would have 5.1 million (it has 1.4 million).
Estonia's centre is 10.0° of latitude, about 1,110 km, farther north than Slovakia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Slovakia	1.06×
More people	Slovakia	3.95×
More crowded	Slovakia	3.73×
Farther north	Estonia	10.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Estonia	3.7× against 2.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Slovakia	Estonia
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.58×	1.49×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.20×	0.19×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
France 548,000 km²	0.09×	0.08×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 206
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 350	1 in 371

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

Side by side

	Slovakia	Estonia
Area, main territory	48,500 km²18,700 mi²	45,800 km²17,700 mi²
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2025	1.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	112 per km²	30 per km²
Official area	49,000 km²Wikidata	45,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Bratislava	Tallinn
Latitude range	48°N to 50°N	58°N to 60°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 45,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 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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