Turkey is 1.42× the size of France

Turkey covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and France about 548,000 km² (212,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

780,000km²Turkey
548,000km²France

500 km

Turkey
France

Outlines show main territory. France also has about 88,900 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

France is 70% of the size of Turkey.
Turkey is larger by 232,000 km² (89,700 mi²), which is 42% of the area of France.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, France about 17.9.

How they differ

Turkey also has the larger population: 85.4 million against 68.6 million, 1.24× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 109 in Turkey against 108 in France: Turkey is 1.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,760 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Turkey at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and France at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Turkey as 1.12× the size of France instead of 1.42×.
Together Turkey and France cover 1,328,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 2.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 232,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
At France's density, Turkey would have 84.0 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, France would have 69.7 million (it has 68.6 million).
France's centre is 7.4° of latitude, about 820 km, farther north than Turkey's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Turkey	1.42×
More people	Turkey	1.24×
More crowded	Turkey	1.02×
Farther north	France	7.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	France	2.1× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Turkey	France
Belgium 30,700 km²	25.4×	17.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.20×	2.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.18×	1.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.09×	1.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.25×	0.17×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.09×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.08×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.05×	0.03×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Turkey	France
Area, main territory	780,000 km²301,000 mi²	548,000 km²212,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	780,000 km²	637,000 km²
Population	85.4 millionWikidata, 2023	68.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	109 per km²	108 per km²
Official area	784,000 km²Wikidata	644,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ankara	Paris
Latitude range	36°N to 42°N	41°N to 51°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 784,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 780,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 637,000 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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