Sudan is 1.19× the size of Mongolia

Sudan covers about 1,856,000 km² (716,000 mi²) and Mongolia about 1,565,000 km² (604,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,856,000km²Sudan
1,565,000km²Mongolia

500 km

Sudan
Mongolia

What fits

Mongolia is 84% of the size of Sudan.
Sudan is larger by 291,000 km² (112,000 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Mongolia.
Measured in Belgiums: Sudan is about 60.5, Mongolia about 51.0.

How they differ

Sudan also has the larger population: 40.5 million against 3.4 million, 11.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 22 in Sudan against 2.2 in Mongolia: Sudan is 10.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,450 km apart.
On a standard web map Mongolia looks larger than Sudan: Sudan at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Mongolia at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Mongolia as 1.67× the size of Sudan, when Sudan is 1.19× the size of Mongolia.
Together Sudan and Mongolia cover 3,420,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 7.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 291,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Mongolia's density, Sudan would have 4.0 million people (it has 40.5 million). At Sudan's density, Mongolia would have 34.2 million (it has 3.4 million).
Mongolia's centre is 31.0° of latitude, about 3,450 km, farther north than Sudan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Sudan	1.19×
More people	Sudan	11.9×
More crowded	Sudan	10.0×
Farther north	Mongolia	31.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Mongolia	2.1× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Sudan	Mongolia
Belgium 30,700 km²	60.5×	51.0×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	7.61×	6.42×
Germany 358,000 km²	5.19×	4.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	4.97×	4.19×
France 548,000 km²	3.39×	2.86×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.59×	0.50×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.22×	0.18×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.20×	0.17×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.11×	0.09×

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

Side by side

	Sudan	Mongolia
Area, main territory	1,856,000 km²716,000 mi²	1,565,000 km²604,000 mi²
Population	40.5 millionWikidata, 2017	3.4 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	22 per km²	2.2 per km²
Official area	1,878,000 km²Wikidata	1,564,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Khartoum	Ulaanbaatar
Latitude range	9°N to 22°N	42°N to 52°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,878,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,856,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,564,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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