Uganda is 1.02× the size of Romania

Uganda covers about 242,000 km² (93,400 mi²) and Romania about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

242,000km²Uganda
236,000km²Romania

200 km

Uganda
Romania

What fits

Romania is 98% of the size of Uganda.
Uganda is larger by 5,480 km² (2,110 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Romania.
Measured in Belgiums: Uganda is about 7.89, Romania about 7.71.

How they differ

Uganda also has the larger population: 47.1 million against 19.1 million, 2.47× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Uganda against 81 in Romania: Uganda is 2.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,010 km apart.
On a standard web map Romania looks larger than Uganda: Uganda at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Romania at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Romania as 2.01× the size of Uganda, when Uganda is 1.02× the size of Romania.
Together Uganda and Romania cover 478,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 5,480 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Romania's density, Uganda would have 19.5 million people (it has 47.1 million). At Uganda's density, Romania would have 46.1 million (it has 19.1 million).
Romania's centre is 44.6° of latitude, about 4,960 km, farther north than Uganda's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Uganda	1.02×
More people	Uganda	2.47×
More crowded	Uganda	2.42×
Farther north	Romania	44.6° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Romania	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Uganda	Romania
Belgium 30,700 km²	7.89×	7.71×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.99×	0.97×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.68×	0.66×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.65×	0.63×
France 548,000 km²	0.44×	0.43×
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	Romania
Area, main territory	242,000 km²93,400 mi²	236,000 km²91,300 mi²
Population	47.1 millionWikidata, 2021	19.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	195 per km²	81 per km²
Official area	241,000 km²Wikidata	238,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Kampala	Bucharest
Latitude range	1°S to 4°N	44°N to 48°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022, 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 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 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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