Turkey is 1.04× the size of Zambia

Turkey covers about 780,000 km² (301,000 mi²) and Zambia about 752,000 km² (290,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

780,000km²Turkey
752,000km²Zambia

500 km

Turkey
Zambia

What fits

Zambia is 96% of the size of Turkey.
Turkey is larger by 28,200 km² (10,900 mi²), which is 3.7% of the area of Zambia.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkey is about 25.4, Zambia about 24.5.

How they differ

Turkey also has the larger population: 85.4 million against 19.6 million, 4.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 109 in Turkey against 26 in Zambia: Turkey is 4.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Turkey at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Zambia at 13°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Turkey as 1.63× the size of Zambia instead of 1.04×.
Together Turkey and Zambia cover 1,532,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 28,200 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
At Zambia's density, Turkey would have 20.3 million people (it has 85.4 million). At Turkey's density, Zambia would have 82.3 million (it has 19.6 million).
Turkey's centre is 52.6° of latitude, about 5,850 km, farther north than Zambia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Turkey	1.04×
More people	Turkey	4.35×
More crowded	Turkey	4.20×
Farther north	Turkey	52.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Turkey	1.7× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Turkey	Zambia
Belgium 30,700 km²	25.4×	24.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.20×	3.08×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.18×	2.10×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.09×	2.01×
France 548,000 km²	1.42×	1.37×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.25×	0.24×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.05×	0.04×

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

Side by side

	Turkey	Zambia
Area, main territory	780,000 km²301,000 mi²	752,000 km²290,000 mi²
Population	85.4 millionWikidata, 2023	19.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	109 per km²	26 per km²
Official area	784,000 km²Wikidata	753,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Ankara	Lusaka
Latitude range	36°N to 42°N	18°S to 8°S
Continent	Asia	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, 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 753,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 752,000 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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