Vanuatu is 1.11× the size of Jamaica

Vanuatu covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Jamaica about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,300km²Vanuatu
11,000km²Jamaica

100 km

Vanuatu
Jamaica

What fits

Jamaica is 90% of the size of Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is larger by 1,260 km² (488 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Jamaica.
Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Jamaica about 0.36.

How they differ

Vanuatu is larger, but Jamaica has the larger population: 2.7 million against 300,000, 8.99× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 245 in Jamaica against 24 in Vanuatu: Jamaica is 10.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,100 km apart.
Together Vanuatu and Jamaica cover 23,300 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,260 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Jamaica's density, Vanuatu would have 3.0 million people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Jamaica would have 269,000 (it has 2.7 million).
Jamaica's centre is 34.3° of latitude, about 3,820 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Vanuatu	1.11×
More people	Jamaica	8.99×
More crowded	Jamaica	10.0×
Farther north	Jamaica	34.3° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Vanuatu	Jamaica
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.40×	0.36×
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 286
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 689	1 in 768
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 768	1 in 856
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 1,381	1 in 1,539

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

Side by side

	Vanuatu	Jamaica
Area, main territory	12,300 km²4,750 mi²	11,000 km²4,260 mi²
Population	300,000Wikidata, 2020	2.7 millionWikidata, 2011
Density	24 per km²	245 per km²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	11,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Port Vila	Kingston
Latitude range	20°S to 13°S	18°N to 19°N
Continent	Oceania	North America

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011, 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%.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 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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