Tajikistan is 1.08× the size of Greece

Tajikistan covers about 142,000 km² (54,900 mi²) and Greece about 131,000 km² (50,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

142,000km²Tajikistan
131,000km²Greece

200 km

Tajikistan
Greece

What fits

Greece is 92% of the size of Tajikistan.
Tajikistan is larger by 10,900 km² (4,200 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of Greece.
Measured in Belgiums: Tajikistan is about 4.64, Greece about 4.28.

How they differ

Tajikistan is larger, but Greece has the larger population: 10.5 million against 9.5 million, 1.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Greece against 67 in Tajikistan: Greece is 1.19× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,120 km apart.
Together Tajikistan and Greece cover 274,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 10,900 km², is about the size of Kosovo (10,900 km²).
At Greece's density, Tajikistan would have 11.4 million people (it has 9.5 million). At Tajikistan's density, Greece would have 8.8 million (it has 10.5 million).
Their centres lie at almost the same latitude.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tajikistan	1.08×
More people	Greece	1.10×
More crowded	Greece	1.19×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tajikistan	Greece
Belgium 30,700 km²	4.64×	4.28×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.58×	0.54×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.40×	0.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.38×	0.35×
France 548,000 km²	0.26×	0.24×
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

	Tajikistan	Greece
Area, main territory	142,000 km²54,900 mi²	131,000 km²50,700 mi²
Population	9.5 millionWikidata, 2021	10.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	67 per km²	80 per km²
Official area	143,000 km²Wikidata	132,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dushanbe	Athens
Latitude range	37°N to 41°N	35°N to 42°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

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

Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 142,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 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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