Tunisia is 1.10× the size of Tajikistan

Tunisia covers about 157,000 km² (60,500 mi²) and Tajikistan about 142,000 km² (54,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

157,000km²Tunisia
142,000km²Tajikistan

200 km

Tunisia
Tajikistan

What fits

Tajikistan is 91% of the size of Tunisia.
Tunisia is larger by 14,400 km² (5,550 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Tajikistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Tunisia is about 5.11, Tajikistan about 4.64.

How they differ

Tunisia also has the larger population: 11.6 million against 9.5 million, 1.22× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Tunisia against 67 in Tajikistan: Tunisia is 1.11× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,430 km apart.
On a standard web map Tajikistan looks larger than Tunisia: Tunisia at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Tajikistan at 39°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Tajikistan as 1.02× the size of Tunisia, when Tunisia is 1.10× the size of Tajikistan.
Together Tunisia and Tajikistan cover 299,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,400 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Tajikistan's density, Tunisia would have 10.5 million people (it has 11.6 million). At Tunisia's density, Tajikistan would have 10.5 million (it has 9.5 million).
Tajikistan's centre is 4.4° of latitude, about 490 km, farther north than Tunisia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Tunisia	1.10×
More people	Tunisia	1.22×
More crowded	Tunisia	1.11×
Farther north	Tajikistan	4.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Tajikistan	1.6× against 1.5×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Tunisia	Tajikistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	5.11×	4.64×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.64×	0.58×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.44×	0.40×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.42×	0.38×
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	Tajikistan
Area, main territory	157,000 km²60,500 mi²	142,000 km²54,900 mi²
Population	11.6 millionWikidata, 2018	9.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	74 per km²	67 per km²
Official area	164,000 km²Wikidata	143,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tunis	Dushanbe
Latitude range	30°N to 37°N	37°N to 41°N
Continent	Africa	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2021, 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.
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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