Real size
How big is Kuwait really?
17,300 km²
6,690 sq mi · 14th smallest of the 167 here · about the size of Eswatini
Normal web maps draw it 1.3× too big
Kuwait covers 17,300 km² (6,690 sq mi), about the size of Eswatini. A normal web map draws it about 1.3 times too big: not much, but enough to make it look bigger than countries nearer the equator.
Measured from our map outlines, so official figures can differ by a few percent. Ranks count the 167 countries and territories on these pages: those over 5,000 km², not counting disputed territories.
KuwaitSlovenia
KuwaitSlovenia
- Real area
- 17,300 km²
- Size rank
- 154th of 167
- On a normal web map
- 1.3× too big
- Latitude
- 29°N
Countries about the same size
- EswatiniAbout the same size
- FijiFiji is 1.1 times the size of Kuwait
- New CaledoniaNew Caledonia is 1.1 times the size of Kuwait
- Timor-LesteKuwait is 1.2 times the size of Timor-Leste
- SloveniaSlovenia is 1.2 times the size of Kuwait
Kuwait through history
Borders here have moved many times. Step through our maps, from 2000 BCE to today, to see who ruled this land before, and how big their realms really were.
Open the history map →Browse the eras →
Common questions
- How big is Kuwait?
- Kuwait covers about 17,300 km² (6,690 sq mi). It is the 14th smallest of the 167 countries and territories on these pages (those over 5,000 km²).
- Why does Kuwait look so big on maps?
- Most web maps use the Mercator projection, which keeps shapes right but stretches area more and more toward the poles. Averaged over the whole country, it draws Kuwait about 1.3 times too big.
- Is Kuwait bigger than Slovenia?
- No. Slovenia is about 1.2 times the size of Kuwait.
- Is Kuwait bigger than Eswatini?
- They are about the same size: within 5% of each other.
- Is Kuwait bigger than Fiji?
- No. Fiji is about 1.1 times the size of Kuwait.