Greenland vs Saudi Arabia: which is bigger?
Greenland is bigger: 2,166,086 km² against 2,149,690 km², about 1.01 times the size of Saudi Arabia.
Drop Greenland onto Saudi Arabia →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map Greenland looks 14 times bigger, not 1.01: the map inflates Greenland about 16 times and Saudi Arabia 1.21 times.
In numbers
- Greenland: 2,166,086 km² (836,000 sq mi), 12th largest, around 73°N
- Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi), 13th largest, around 24°N
- Saudi Arabia would fit into Greenland about 1.01 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works