South Carolina is 1.02× the size of Czechia
South Carolina (state of the United States) covers about 80,200 km² (31,000 mi²) and Czechia (Europe) about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 80,200km²South Carolina
- 78,800km²Czechia
100 km
- South Carolina
- Czechia
What fits
- Czechia is 98% of the size of South Carolina.
- South Carolina is larger by 1,400 km² (542 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Czechia.
- Measured in Belgiums: South Carolina is about 2.61, Czechia about 2.57.
How they differ
- South Carolina is larger, but Czechia has the larger population: 10.9 million against 5.1 million, 2.13× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 139 in Czechia against 64 in South Carolina: Czechia is 2.17× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,610 km apart.
- On a standard web map Czechia looks larger than South Carolina: South Carolina at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Czechia at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Czechia as 1.62× the size of South Carolina, when South Carolina is 1.02× the size of Czechia.
- Together South Carolina and Czechia cover 159,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,400 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Czechia's density, South Carolina would have 11.1 million people (it has 5.1 million). At South Carolina's density, Czechia would have 5.0 million (it has 10.9 million).
- Czechia's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than South Carolina's.
- South Carolina is the 40th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Czechia ranks 117th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Czechia lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of South Carolina.
- Shared out evenly, each person in South Carolina would have about 15,660 m² and each person in Czechia about 7,220 m².
- Laid side by side, South Carolina and Czechia would cover 159,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 16.0 million people, 95% as many people as Senegal.
- Counted as a country, South Carolina would rank 116th by area and 125th by population.
Side by side
| South Carolina | Czechia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 80,200 km²31,000 mi² | 78,800 km²30,400 mi² |
| Official area | 82,900 km²Wikidata | 78,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 40th of 51in the United States | 116th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 5.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 10.9 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 51in the United States | 85th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 64 per km² | 139 per km² |
| Capital | Columbia | Prague |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 35°N | 49°N to 51°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 80,200 km² is 3.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 82,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 78,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 78,800 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