Spain is 1.08× the size of Cameroon

Spain covers about 499,000 km² (193,000 mi²) and Cameroon about 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

499,000km²Spain
464,000km²Cameroon

200 km

Spain
Cameroon

Outlines show main territory. Spain also has about 7,440 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

Cameroon is 93% of the size of Spain.
Spain is larger by 35,100 km² (13,600 mi²), which is 7.6% of the area of Cameroon.
Measured in Belgiums: Spain is about 16.3, Cameroon about 15.1.

How they differ

Spain also has the larger population: 48.6 million against 28.4 million, 1.71× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 96 in Spain against 61 in Cameroon: Spain is 1.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,180 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Spain at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Cameroon at 6°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Spain as 1.83× the size of Cameroon instead of 1.08×.
Together Spain and Cameroon cover 964,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 35,100 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
At Cameroon's density, Spain would have 31.0 million people (it has 48.6 million). At Spain's density, Cameroon would have 44.5 million (it has 28.4 million).
Spain's centre is 34.7° of latitude, about 3,860 km, farther north than Cameroon's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Spain	1.08×
More people	Spain	1.71×
More crowded	Spain	1.57×
Farther north	Spain	34.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Spain	1.7× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Spain	Cameroon
Belgium 30,700 km²	16.3×	15.1×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	2.05×	1.90×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.40×	1.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.34×	1.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.91×	0.85×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.16×	0.15×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.06×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Spain	Cameroon
Area, main territory	499,000 km²193,000 mi²	464,000 km²179,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	507,000 km²	464,000 km²
Population	48.6 millionWikidata, 2024	28.4 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	96 per km²	61 per km²
Official area	506,000 km²Wikidata	475,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Madrid	Yaoundé
Latitude range	35°N to 44°N	2°N to 13°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 506,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 507,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 464,000 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 475,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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