Solomon Islands is 1.02× the size of Equatorial Guinea

Solomon Islands covers about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²) and Equatorial Guinea about 26,700 km² (10,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

27,200km²Solomon Islands
26,700km²Equatorial Guinea

200 km

Solomon Islands
Equatorial Guinea

What fits

Equatorial Guinea is 98% of the size of Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands is larger by 527 km² (204 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Equatorial Guinea.
Measured in Belgiums: Solomon Islands is about 0.89, Equatorial Guinea about 0.87.

How they differ

Solomon Islands is larger, but Equatorial Guinea has the larger population: 1.8 million against 611,000, 3.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Equatorial Guinea against 22 in Solomon Islands: Equatorial Guinea is 3.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,500 km apart.
Together Solomon Islands and Equatorial Guinea cover 53,900 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 527 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Equatorial Guinea's density, Solomon Islands would have 1.9 million people (it has 611,000). At Solomon Islands's density, Equatorial Guinea would have 599,000 (it has 1.8 million).
Equatorial Guinea's centre is 10.6° of latitude, about 1,180 km, farther north than Solomon Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Solomon Islands	1.02×
More people	Equatorial Guinea	3.02×
More crowded	Equatorial Guinea	3.08×
Farther north	Equatorial Guinea	10.6° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Solomon Islands	Equatorial Guinea
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.89×	0.87×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.11×	0.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.08×	0.07×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
France 548,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 312	1 in 318
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 347	1 in 354
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 624	1 in 637

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

Side by side

	Solomon Islands	Equatorial Guinea
Area, main territory	27,200 km²10,500 mi²	26,700 km²10,300 mi²
Population	611,000Wikidata, 2017	1.8 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	22 per km²	69 per km²
Official area	28,400 km²Wikidata	28,100 km²Wikidata
Capital	Honiara	Ciudad de la Paz
Latitude range	12°S to 7°S	1°S to 4°N
Continent	Oceania	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. 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.
Our measured 26,700 km² is 4.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Solomon Islands

Similar in size to Equatorial Guinea

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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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