Vänern is 1.01× the size of Brunei
Vänern (lake) covers about 5,750 km² (2,220 mi²) and Brunei (country) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Vänern outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 5,750km²Vänern
- 5,720km²Brunei
50 km
- Vänern
- Brunei
What fits
- Brunei is 99% of the size of Vänern.
- Vänern is larger by 35.9 km² (13.9 mi²), which is 0.6% of the area of Brunei.
- Measured in Belgiums: Vänern is about 0.19, Brunei about 0.19.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Vänern at 59°N is drawn about 3.8× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Vänern as 3.75× the size of Brunei instead of 1.01×.
- Together Vänern and Brunei cover 11,500 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.1% bigger).
- Vänern's centre is 54.4° of latitude, about 6,050 km, farther north than Brunei's.
- Vänern is a lake and ranks 25th of the 104 lakes on sizeversus by area.
- Brunei ranks 169th of 212 countries by area.
- Laid out flat, Vänern stretches about 117 km north to south and 105 km east to west; Brunei about 116 km by 151 km.
- Poured over Brunei, the 153 km³ that Wikidata records for Vänern would stand 27 m deep.
- Wikidata’s published figure of 5,650 km² agrees with our measured 5,750 km², to within 2%.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Vänern | 1.01× |
| Farther north | Vänern | 54.4° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Vänern | 3.8× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Vänern | Brunei |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.19× | 0.19× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 548 | 1 in 551 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 1,473 | 1 in 1,482 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 1,642 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 2,952 | 1 in 2,970 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Vänern | Brunei | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Lakelake on sizeversus | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 5,750 km²2,220 mi² | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
| Area, published | 5,650 km²Wikidata | 5,770 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 25th of 104lakes | 169th of 212countries |
| Greatest depth | 106 mWikidata | – |
| Volume | 153 km³ | – |
| Latitude range | 58°N to 59°N | 4°N to 5°N |
| On the shore | 1 on the shore | – |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Sweden contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Vänern. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- 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