Yemen is 1.01× the size of Uzbekistan

Yemen covers about 453,000 km² (175,000 mi²) and Uzbekistan about 448,000 km² (173,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

453,000km²Yemen
448,000km²Uzbekistan

500 km

Yemen
Uzbekistan

What fits

Uzbekistan is 99% of the size of Yemen.
Yemen is larger by 5,250 km² (2,030 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Uzbekistan.
Measured in Belgiums: Yemen is about 14.8, Uzbekistan about 14.6.

How they differ

Yemen is larger, but Uzbekistan has the larger population: 34.9 million against 28.3 million, 1.24× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 78 in Uzbekistan against 62 in Yemen: Uzbekistan is 1.25× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,250 km apart.
On a standard web map Uzbekistan looks larger than Yemen: Yemen at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Uzbekistan at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Uzbekistan as 1.64× the size of Yemen, when Yemen is 1.01× the size of Uzbekistan.
Together Yemen and Uzbekistan cover 901,000 km², close to the size of Nigeria (907,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,250 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Uzbekistan's density, Yemen would have 35.3 million people (it has 28.3 million). At Yemen's density, Uzbekistan would have 27.9 million (it has 34.9 million).
Uzbekistan's centre is 25.9° of latitude, about 2,880 km, farther north than Yemen's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Yemen	1.01×
More people	Uzbekistan	1.24×
More crowded	Uzbekistan	1.25×
Farther north	Uzbekistan	25.9° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Uzbekistan	1.8× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Yemen	Uzbekistan
Belgium 30,700 km²	14.8×	14.6×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.86×	1.84×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.27×	1.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.21×	1.20×
France 548,000 km²	0.83×	0.82×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.14×	0.14×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.05×	0.05×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×

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

Side by side

	Yemen	Uzbekistan
Area, main territory	453,000 km²175,000 mi²	448,000 km²173,000 mi²
Population	28.3 millionWikidata, 2017	34.9 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	62 per km²	78 per km²
Official area	456,000 km²Wikidata	449,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Sanaa; Aden	Tashkent
Latitude range	12°N to 19°N	37°N to 46°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 456,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 453,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 449,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 448,000 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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