Suriname is 1.06× the size of Bangladesh

Suriname covers about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²) and Bangladesh about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

145,000km²Suriname
137,000km²Bangladesh

100 km

Suriname
Bangladesh

What fits

Bangladesh is 94% of the size of Suriname.
Suriname is larger by 8,220 km² (3,170 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Bangladesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Suriname is about 4.73, Bangladesh about 4.46.

How they differ

Suriname is larger, but Bangladesh has the larger population: 171.5 million against 563,000, 304× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 3.9 in Suriname: Bangladesh is 323× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Bangladesh looks larger than Suriname: Suriname at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bangladesh at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bangladesh as 1.12× the size of Suriname, when Suriname is 1.06× the size of Bangladesh.
Together Suriname and Bangladesh cover 282,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 3.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 8,220 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Bangladesh's density, Suriname would have 181.8 million people (it has 563,000). At Suriname's density, Bangladesh would have 531,000 (it has 171.5 million).
Bangladesh's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Suriname	1.06×
More people	Bangladesh	304×
More crowded	Bangladesh	323×
Farther north	Bangladesh	19.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bangladesh	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Suriname	Bangladesh
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.73×	4.46×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.60×	0.56×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.41×	0.38×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.39×	0.37×
France 548,000 km²	0.26×	0.25×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Suriname	Bangladesh
Area, main territory	145,000 km²56,000 mi²	137,000 km²52,900 mi²
Population	563,000Wikidata, 2017	171.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	3.9 per km²	1,252 per km²
Official area	163,000 km²Wikidata	148,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Paramaribo	Dhaka
Latitude range	2°N to 6°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	South America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 145,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 163,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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