Zambia is 1.01× the size of Solomon Sea
Zambia (country) covers about 752,000 km² (290,000 mi²) and the Solomon Sea (sea) about 745,000 km² (288,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Solomon Sea outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 752,000km²Zambia
- 745,000km²Solomon Sea
500 km
- Zambia
- Solomon Sea
What fits
- Solomon Sea is 99% of the size of Zambia.
- Zambia is larger by 7,040 km² (2,720 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of Solomon Sea.
- Measured in Belgiums: Zambia is about 24.5, Solomon Sea about 24.3.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
- Together Zambia and Solomon Sea cover 1,497,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 4.5% bigger).
- Solomon Sea's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 540 km, farther north than Zambia's.
- Zambia ranks 38th of 212 countries by area.
- The Solomon Sea is a sea and ranks 12th of the 42 seas on sizeversus by area.
- Laid out flat, Zambia stretches about 1,100 km north to south and 1,270 km east to west; the Solomon Sea about 837 km by 1,660 km.
- Our measured 745,000 km² is 3.5% above Wikidata’s published figure of 720,000 km². Published areas of lakes and seas move with the water level and with what is counted, so a few percent is expected.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Zambia | 1.01× |
| Farther north | Solomon Sea | 4.8° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Zambia | Solomon Sea |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 24.5× | 24.3× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 3.08× | 3.06× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 2.10× | 2.08× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 2.01× | 1.99× |
| France 548,000 km² | 1.37× | 1.36× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.24× | 0.24× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.09× | 0.09× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.08× | 0.08× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.04× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Zambia | Solomon Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | Seasea on sizeversus |
| Area, measured | 752,000 km²290,000 mi² | 745,000 km²288,000 mi² |
| Area, published | 753,000 km²Wikidata | 720,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 38th of 212countries | 12th of 42seas |
| Greatest depth | – | 9,140 mWikidata |
| Latitude range | 18°S to 8°S | 12°S to 4°S |
| On the shore | – | 2 on the shore |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands lie within 25 km of the outline of the Solomon Sea. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
Similar in size to Zambia
Similar in size to Solomon Sea
More comparisons
Send it to someone who won’t believe it
Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- 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