Oceania · Micronesia
Guam
Guam covers about 564 km² (218 mi²), the 196th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 564km²Area, main territory
- 154,000Population
- 0.02In Belgiums
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- Guam
Facts
| Area, main territory | 564 km²218 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 544 km²Wikidata · 3.7% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.02 |
| Capital | Hagåtña |
| Population | 154,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 273 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N |
| In other languages | グアム 日本語 · 关岛 中文 · 괌 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about Guam
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 30,096× the size of Guam.
- Guam lies at 13°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Guam's main territory stretches about 46 km north to south and 36 km east to west.
- Our measured 564 km² is 3.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 544 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
How Guam measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 564 km² | 194th of 239 |
| Population | 154,000 | 185th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Guam is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 432 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 634 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 662 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 971 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 5,584 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 15,017 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 16,745 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 30,096 its size |
Where Guam sits
- Guam's centre lies at 13.4°N, 144.8°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 1,490 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 13°N to 14°N, about 50 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11