Tunisia is 1.08× the size of Suriname

Tunisia covers about 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²) and Suriname about 145,000 km² (56,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

157,000km²Tunisia
145,000km²Suriname

100 km

Tunisia
Suriname

What fits

Suriname is 93% of the size of Tunisia.
Tunisia is larger by 11,500 km² (4,440 mi²), which is 7.9% of the area of Suriname.
Measured in Belgiums: Tunisia is about 5.11, Suriname about 4.73.

How they differ

Tunisia also has the larger population: 11.6 million against 563,000, 20.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Tunisia against 3.9 in Suriname: Tunisia is 19.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tunisia at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Suriname at 4°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Tunisia as 1.57× the size of Suriname instead of 1.08×.
Together Tunisia and Suriname cover 302,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 11,500 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
At Suriname's density, Tunisia would have 608,000 people (it has 11.6 million). At Tunisia's density, Suriname would have 10.7 million (it has 563,000).
Tunisia's centre is 30.0° of latitude, about 3,330 km, farther north than Suriname's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tunisia	1.08×
More people	Tunisia	20.5×
More crowded	Tunisia	19.0×
Farther north	Tunisia	30.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tunisia	1.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tunisia	Suriname
Belgium 30,700 km²	5.11×	4.73×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.64×	0.60×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.44×	0.41×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.42×	0.39×
France 548,000 km²	0.29×	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

	Tunisia	Suriname
Area, main territory	157,000 km²60,500 mi²	145,000 km²56,000 mi²
Population	11.6 millionWikidata, 2018	563,000Wikidata, 2017
Density	74 per km²	3.9 per km²
Official area	164,000 km²Wikidata	163,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tunis	Paramaribo
Latitude range	30°N to 37°N	2°N to 6°N
Continent	Africa	South America

Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 157,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 164,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.

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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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