Uganda is 1.01× the size of Ghana

Uganda covers about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²) and Ghana about 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

242,000km²Uganda
239,000km²Ghana

200 km

Uganda
Ghana

What fits

Ghana is 99% of the size of Uganda.
Uganda is larger by 3,180 km² (1,230 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Ghana.
Measured in Belgiums: Uganda is about 7.89, Ghana about 7.78.

How they differ

Uganda also has the larger population: 47.1 million against 32.8 million, 1.44× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Uganda against 138 in Ghana: Uganda is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,790 km apart.
On a standard web map Ghana looks larger than Uganda: Uganda at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Ghana at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Ghana as 1.01× the size of Uganda, when Uganda is 1.01× the size of Ghana.
Together Uganda and Ghana cover 481,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,180 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Ghana's density, Uganda would have 33.3 million people (it has 47.1 million). At Uganda's density, Ghana would have 46.5 million (it has 32.8 million).
Ghana's centre is 6.7° of latitude, about 740 km, farther north than Uganda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Uganda	1.01×
More people	Uganda	1.44×
More crowded	Uganda	1.42×
Farther north	Ghana	6.7° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Uganda	Ghana
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.89×	7.78×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.99×	0.98×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.67×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.64×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.44×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.08×	0.08×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Uganda	Ghana
Area, main territory	242,000 km²93,400 mi²	239,000 km²92,200 mi²
Population	47.1 millionWikidata, 2021	32.8 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	195 per km²	138 per km²
Official area	241,000 km²Wikidata	239,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Kampala	Accra
Latitude range	1°S to 4°N	5°N to 11°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 241,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 242,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 239,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 239,000 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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