Vanuatu is 2.31× the size of La Rioja
Vanuatu (Oceania) covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and La Rioja (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,330 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,300km²Vanuatu
- 5,330km²La Rioja
100 km
- Vanuatu
- La Rioja
What fits
- La Rioja fits inside Vanuatu about 2.31 times by area.
- Vanuatu is larger by 6,960 km² (2,690 mi²), which is 131% of the area of La Rioja.
- Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, La Rioja about 0.17.
How they differ
- Vanuatu is larger, but La Rioja has the larger population: 324,000 against 300,000, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 61 in La Rioja against 24 in Vanuatu: La Rioja is 2.49× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Vanuatu at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and La Rioja at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Vanuatu as 1.37× the size of La Rioja instead of 2.31×.
- Together Vanuatu and La Rioja cover 17,600 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,960 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At La Rioja's density, Vanuatu would have 748,000 people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, La Rioja would have 130,000 (it has 324,000).
- La Rioja's centre is 58.5° of latitude, about 6,500 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- La Rioja lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,500 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Vanuatu would have about 40,990 m² and each person in La Rioja about 16,440 m².
- Laid side by side, Vanuatu and La Rioja would cover 17,600 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
- Together they have 624,000 people, about as many people as Montenegro.
- Counted as a country, La Rioja would rank 174th by area and 178th by population.
Side by side
| Vanuatu | La Rioja | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² | 5,330 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata | 5,050 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 162nd of 239worldwide | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 | 324,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 179th of 237worldwide | 17th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 24 per km² | 61 per km² |
| Capital | Port Vila | Logroño |
| Latitude range | 20°S to 13°S | 42°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 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
- 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