Venezuela is 1.67× the size of France

Venezuela covers about 913,000 km² (352,000 mi²) and France about 548,000 km² (212,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

913,000km²Venezuela
548,000km²France

500 km

Venezuela
France

Outlines show main territory. France also has about 88,900 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.

What fits

France is 60% of the size of Venezuela.
Venezuela is larger by 365,000 km² (141,000 mi²), which is 67% of the area of France.
Measured in Belgiums: Venezuela is about 29.8, France about 17.9.

How they differ

Venezuela is larger, but France has the larger population: 68.6 million against 31.3 million, 2.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 108 in France against 34 in Venezuela: France is 3.15× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,810 km apart.
On a standard web map France looks larger than Venezuela: Venezuela at 7°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and France at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows France as 1.25× the size of Venezuela, when Venezuela is 1.67× the size of France.
Together Venezuela and France cover 1,461,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 7.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 365,000 km², is about the size of Germany (358,000 km²).
At France's density, Venezuela would have 98.3 million people (it has 31.3 million). At Venezuela's density, France would have 21.8 million (it has 68.6 million).
France's centre is 39.4° of latitude, about 4,380 km, farther north than Venezuela's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Venezuela	1.67×
More people	France	2.20×
More crowded	France	3.15×
Farther north	France	39.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	France	2.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Venezuela	France
Belgium 30,700 km²	29.8×	17.9×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	3.74×	2.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.55×	1.53×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.44×	1.47×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.29×	0.17×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.11×	0.06×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.10×	0.06×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.05×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Venezuela	France
Area, main territory	913,000 km²352,000 mi²	548,000 km²212,000 mi²
Area with overseas territory	913,000 km²	637,000 km²
Population	31.3 millionWikidata, 2024	68.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	34 per km²	108 per km²
Official area	912,000 km²Wikidata	644,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Caracas	Paris
Latitude range	1°N to 16°N	41°N to 51°N
Continent	South America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 912,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 913,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 644,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 637,000 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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