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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus covers about 3,320 km² (1,280 mi²), the 179th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to French Polynesia, at about 3,340 km².

3,320km²Area, main territory
489,000Population
0.11In Belgiums

The boundary or political status of this area is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Facts

Area, main territory	3,320 km²1,280 mi²
Official area	3,360 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure
In Belgiums	0.11
Capital	North Nicosia
Population	489,000Wikidata, 2024
Density	147 people per km²
Latitude range	35°N to 36°N
In other languages	República Turca del Norte de Chipre Español · Türkische Republik Nordzypern Deutsch · Chypre du Nord Français · República Turca do Chipre do Norte Português · 北キプロス・トルコ共和国日本語 · 北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国中文 · 북키프로스 한국어
Continent	Asia#47 of 51 countries by area

What the numbers say about Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Russia, the largest place listed, is 5,115× the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
At 147 people per km², Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is the 42nd most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus looks bigger there than it is.
Laid out flat, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's main territory stretches about 77 km north to south and 180 km east to west.
Wikidata's official figure of 3,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 3,320 km², to within 2%.

How Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus measures up

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In Western Asia it is the 18th largest of 19.

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	3,320 km²	178th of 239
Population	489,000	173rd of 237
Density	147 per km²	42nd of 185
Farthest north	35.3°N	68th of 212

Compared with	Its area	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is
Belgium	30,700 km²	0.11× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	0.01× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	0.01× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	0.01× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.01× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	1 in 949 its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	1 in 2,552 its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	1 in 2,846 its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	1 in 5,115 its size

Where Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus sits

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's centre lies at 35.3°N, 33.6°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 3,920 km from the equator.
Its main territory spans 35°N to 36°N, about 80 km from its southern edge to its northern.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

If Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would have 4.2 million people. It has 489,000.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would have 12,000 people. It has 489,000.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 240,000.

About the same size as

Largest in Asia

China9,375,000 km²
India3,151,000 km²
Kazakhstan2,714,000 km²
Saudi Arabia1,922,000 km²
Indonesia1,880,000 km²
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus#47 · 3,320 km²

Compare Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built: 2026-11-11

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