Utah is 1.04× the size of Guyana
Utah (state of the United States) covers about 220,000 km² (84,900 mi²) and Guyana (South America) about 211,000 km² (81,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 220,000km²Utah
- 211,000km²Guyana
100 km
- Utah
- Guyana
What fits
- Guyana is 96% of the size of Utah.
- Utah is larger by 8,550 km² (3,300 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Guyana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Utah is about 7.17, Guyana about 6.89.
How they differ
- Utah also has the larger population: 3.3 million against 879,000, 3.72× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 15 in Utah against 4.2 in Guyana: Utah is 3.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,520 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Utah at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Guyana at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Utah as 1.73× the size of Guyana instead of 1.04×.
- Together Utah and Guyana cover 431,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,550 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Guyana's density, Utah would have 914,000 people (it has 3.3 million). At Utah's density, Guyana would have 3.1 million (it has 879,000).
- Utah's centre is 34.5° of latitude, about 3,840 km, farther north than Guyana's.
- Utah is the 13th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
- Guyana ranks 85th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Utah lies about 35° of latitude (roughly 3,840 km) north of Guyana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Utah would have about 67,170 m² and each person in Guyana about 240,380 m².
- Laid side by side, Utah and Guyana would cover 431,000 km², about the same size as Iraq.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.
- Counted as a country, Utah would rank 84th by area and 137th by population.
Side by side
| Utah | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | CountrySouth America |
| Area, measured | 220,000 km²84,900 mi² | 211,000 km²81,600 mi² |
| Official area | 220,000 km²Wikidata | 215,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 51in the United States | 84th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 3.3 millionWikidata, 2020 | 879,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 51in the United States | 164th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 15 per km² | 4.2 per km² |
| Capital | Salt Lake City | Georgetown |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 42°N | 1°N to 9°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 220,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 220,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 215,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 211,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12