Suriname is 1.02× the size of Tajikistan

Suriname covers about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²) and Tajikistan about 142,000 km² (54,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

145,000km²Suriname
142,000km²Tajikistan

200 km

Suriname
Tajikistan

What fits

Tajikistan is 98% of the size of Suriname.
Suriname is larger by 2,880 km² (1,110 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Tajikistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Suriname is about 4.73, Tajikistan about 4.64.

How they differ

Suriname is larger, but Tajikistan has the larger population: 9.5 million against 563,000, 16.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 67 in Tajikistan against 3.9 in Suriname: Tajikistan is 17.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
On a standard web map Tajikistan looks larger than Suriname: Suriname at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tajikistan at 39°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tajikistan as 1.59× the size of Suriname, when Suriname is 1.02× the size of Tajikistan.
Together Suriname and Tajikistan cover 287,000 km², close to the size of Philippines (293,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,880 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Tajikistan's density, Suriname would have 9.7 million people (it has 563,000). At Suriname's density, Tajikistan would have 552,000 (it has 9.5 million).
Tajikistan's centre is 34.4° of latitude, about 3,830 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Suriname	1.02×
More people	Tajikistan	16.9×
More crowded	Tajikistan	17.2×
Farther north	Tajikistan	34.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tajikistan	1.6× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Suriname	Tajikistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.73×	4.64×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.60×	0.58×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.41×	0.40×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.39×	0.38×
France 548,000 km²	0.26×	0.26×
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

	Suriname	Tajikistan
Area, main territory	145,000 km²56,000 mi²	142,000 km²54,900 mi²
Population	563,000Wikidata, 2017	9.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	3.9 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	163,000 km²Wikidata	143,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Paramaribo	Dushanbe
Latitude range	2°N to 6°N	37°N to 41°N
Continent	South America	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021, 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.
Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 142,000 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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