Vanuatu is 1.06× the size of Falkland Islands

Vanuatu covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Falkland Islands about 11,600 km² (4,480 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,300km²Vanuatu
11,600km²Falkland Islands

100 km

Vanuatu
Falkland Islands

The boundary or political status of Falkland Islands is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Falkland Islands is 94% of the size of Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is larger by 699 km² (270 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Falkland Islands.
Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Falkland Islands about 0.38.

How they differ

Vanuatu also has the larger population: 300,000 against 3,660, 81.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 24 in Vanuatu against 0.3 in Falkland Islands: Vanuatu is 77.3× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Falkland Islands looks larger than Vanuatu: Vanuatu at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Falkland Islands at 52°S about 2.6×, so the map shows Falkland Islands as 2.27× the size of Vanuatu, when Vanuatu is 1.06× the size of Falkland Islands.
Together Vanuatu and Falkland Islands cover 23,900 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 699 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
At Falkland Islands's density, Vanuatu would have 3,880 people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Falkland Islands would have 283,000 (it has 3,660).
Vanuatu's centre is 35.5° of latitude, about 3,950 km, farther north than Falkland Islands's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Vanuatu	1.06×
More people	Vanuatu	81.9×
More crowded	Vanuatu	77.3×
Farther north	Vanuatu	35.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Falkland Islands	2.6× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Vanuatu	Falkland Islands
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.40×	0.38×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 256	1 in 272
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 689	1 in 731
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 768	1 in 815
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,381	1 in 1,464

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

Side by side

	Vanuatu	Falkland Islands
Area, main territory	12,300 km²4,750 mi²	11,600 km²4,480 mi²
Population	300,000Wikidata, 2020	3,660Wikidata, 2021
Density	24 per km²	0.3 per km²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	12,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Port Vila	Stanley
Latitude range	20°S to 13°S	52°S to 51°S
Continent	Oceania	South America

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 11,600 km² is 4.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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