Somaliland is 1.07× the size of Tunisia

Somaliland covers about 167,000 km² (64,600 mi²) and Tunisia about 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

167,000km²Somaliland
157,000km²Tunisia

200 km

Somaliland
Tunisia

The boundary or political status of Somaliland is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Tunisia is 94% of the size of Somaliland.
Somaliland is larger by 10,800 km² (4,170 mi²), which is 6.9% of the area of Tunisia.
Measured in Belgiums: Somaliland is about 5.46, Tunisia about 5.11.

How they differ

Somaliland is larger, but Tunisia has the larger population: 11.6 million against 6.5 million, 1.78× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Tunisia against 39 in Somaliland: Tunisia is 1.90× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,610 km apart.
On a standard web map Tunisia looks larger than Somaliland: Somaliland at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tunisia at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Tunisia as 1.33× the size of Somaliland, when Somaliland is 1.07× the size of Tunisia.
Together Somaliland and Tunisia cover 324,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,800 km², is about the size of Kosovo (10,900 km²).
At Tunisia's density, Somaliland would have 12.4 million people (it has 6.5 million). At Somaliland's density, Tunisia would have 6.1 million (it has 11.6 million).
Tunisia's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Somaliland's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Somaliland	1.07×
More people	Tunisia	1.78×
More crowded	Tunisia	1.90×
Farther north	Tunisia	24.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tunisia	1.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Somaliland	Tunisia
Belgium 30,700 km²	5.46×	5.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.69×	0.64×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.47×	0.44×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.45×	0.42×
France 548,000 km²	0.31×	0.29×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Somaliland	Tunisia
Area, main territory	167,000 km²64,600 mi²	157,000 km²60,500 mi²
Population	6.5 millionWikidata, 2024	11.6 millionWikidata, 2018
Density	39 per km²	74 per km²
Official area	177,000 km²Wikidata	164,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Hargeisa	Tunis
Latitude range	8°N to 11°N	30°N to 37°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2018, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 167,000 km² is 5.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 177,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 157,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 164,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Somaliland

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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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