Trinidad and Tobago and Balearic Islands are almost exactly the same size

Trinidad and Tobago (North America) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.

5,120km²Trinidad and Tobago
5,120km²Balearic Islands

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Trinidad and Tobago
Balearic Islands

What fits

Balearic Islands is 100% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
The measured areas differ by 6.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
Measured in Belgiums: Trinidad and Tobago is about 0.17, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

Trinidad and Tobago also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.2 million, 1.16× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 267 in Trinidad and Tobago against 230 in Balearic Islands: Trinidad and Tobago is 1.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,060 km apart.
On a standard web map Balearic Islands looks larger than Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.63× the size of Trinidad and Tobago, when Trinidad and Tobago is 1.00× the size of Balearic Islands.
Together Trinidad and Tobago and Balearic Islands cover 10,200 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
At Balearic Islands's density, Trinidad and Tobago would have 1.2 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Trinidad and Tobago's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.4 million (it has 1.2 million).
Balearic Islands's centre is 29.1° of latitude, about 3,240 km, farther north than Trinidad and Tobago's.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 175th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Balearic Islands lies about 29° of latitude (roughly 3,240 km) north of Trinidad and Tobago.
Shared out evenly, each person in Trinidad and Tobago would have about 3,740 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
Laid side by side, Trinidad and Tobago and Balearic Islands would cover 10,200 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
Counted as a country, Balearic Islands would rank 175th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

	Trinidad and Tobago	Balearic Islands
Is a	CountryNorth America	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	5,120 km²1,980 mi²	5,120 km²1,980 mi²
Official area	5,130 km²Wikidata	4,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	174th of 239worldwide	17th of 19in Spain
Population	1.4 millionWikidata, 2017	1.2 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	157th of 237worldwide	12th of 19in Spain
Density	267 per km²	230 per km²
Capital	Port of Spain	Palma
Latitude range	10°N to 11°N	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 5,130 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,120 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

Similar in size to Trinidad and Tobago

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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