Valencian Community is 1.06× the size of Djibouti

Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²) and Djibouti (Africa) about 21,800 km² (8,440 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

23,300km²Valencian Community
21,800km²Djibouti

50 km

Valencian Community
Djibouti

What fits

Djibouti is 94% of the size of Valencian Community.
Valencian Community is larger by 1,420 km² (548 mi²), which is 6.5% of the area of Djibouti.
Measured in Belgiums: Valencian Community is about 0.76, Djibouti about 0.71.

How they differ

Valencian Community also has the larger population: 5.3 million against 1.2 million, 4.61× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 53 in Djibouti: Valencian Community is 4.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,230 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Valencian Community at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Djibouti at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Valencian Community as 1.71× the size of Djibouti instead of 1.06×.
Together Valencian Community and Djibouti cover 45,100 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,420 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Djibouti's density, Valencian Community would have 1.2 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Valencian Community's density, Djibouti would have 5.0 million (it has 1.2 million).
Valencian Community's centre is 27.6° of latitude, about 3,070 km, farther north than Djibouti's.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Valencian Community lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,070 km) north of Djibouti.
Shared out evenly, each person in Valencian Community would have about 4,380 m² and each person in Djibouti about 18,950 m².
Laid side by side, Valencian Community and Djibouti would cover 45,100 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 6.5 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
Counted as a country, Valencian Community would rank 150th by area and 119th by population.

Side by side

	Valencian Community	Djibouti
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	23,300 km²8,980 mi²	21,800 km²8,440 mi²
Official area	23,300 km²Wikidata	23,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	8th of 19in Spain	152nd of 239worldwide
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	1.2 millionWikidata, 2023
Rank by population	4th of 19in Spain	161st of 237worldwide
Density	229 per km²	53 per km²
Capital	Valencia	Djibouti
Latitude range	38°N to 41°N	11°N to 13°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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