North America · Caribbean
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten covers about 34 km² (13.1 mi²) by the official figure, the 235th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 34.0km²Area, main territory
- 44,000Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
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- Sint Maarten
Natural Earth draws Sint Maarten with only 6 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 23.4 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 34.0 km²13.1 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 34.0 km²Wikidata · 31% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Philipsburg |
| Population | 44,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 1,290 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 18°N |
| In other languages | シント・マールテン 日本語 · 荷属圣马丁 中文 · 신트마르턴 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#27 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Sint Maarten
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 499,417× the size of Sint Maarten.
- Sint Maarten lies at 18°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, Sint Maarten's main territory stretches about 4.8 km north to south and 11 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Sint Maarten with only 6 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 23.4 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
- Our measured 23.4 km² is 31% below Wikidata's official figure of 34.0 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Sint Maarten measures up
Sint Maarten holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 16th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 34.0 km² | 230th of 239 |
| Population | 44,000 | 210th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 18.0°N | 107th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Sint Maarten is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 902 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 7,170 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 10,520 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 10,985 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 16,113 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 92,669 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 249,196 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 277,864 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 499,417 its size |
Where Sint Maarten sits
- Sint Maarten's centre lies at 18.0°N, 63.1°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,010 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 18°N to 18°N, about 0 km from its southern edge to its northern.
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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