Solomon Islands is 5.09× the size of Cantabria
Solomon Islands (Oceania) covers about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 27,200km²Solomon Islands
- 5,350km²Cantabria
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- Solomon Islands
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria fits inside Solomon Islands about 5.09 times by area.
- Solomon Islands is larger by 21,900 km² (8,440 mi²), which is 409% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Solomon Islands is about 0.89, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Solomon Islands also has the larger population: 611,000 against 592,000, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 111 in Cantabria against 22 in Solomon Islands: Cantabria is 4.92× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Solomon Islands at 9°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Solomon Islands as 2.77× the size of Cantabria instead of 5.09×.
- Together Solomon Islands and Cantabria cover 32,500 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 21,900 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Solomon Islands would have 3.0 million people (it has 611,000). At Solomon Islands's density, Cantabria would have 120,000 (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 52.1° of latitude, about 5,790 km, farther north than Solomon Islands's.
- Solomon Islands ranks 145th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,790 km) north of Solomon Islands, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Solomon Islands would have about 44,490 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Solomon Islands and Cantabria would cover 32,500 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
- Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Eswatini.
- Counted as a country, Cantabria would rank 174th by area and 170th by population.
Side by side
| Solomon Islands | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 27,200 km²10,500 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 28,400 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 144th of 239worldwide | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 611,000Wikidata, 2017 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 169th of 237worldwide | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 22 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Honiara | Santander |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 7°S | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 27,200 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 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