Grenada vs Heard and McDonald Islands
Heard and McDonald Islands is 5% larger than Grenada.
GrenadaHeard and McDonald IslandsGrenada moved onto Heard and McDonald Islands · Equal-area projection
0.95×
Grenada is 0.95× the area of Heard and McDonald Islands. Put the other way, Heard and McDonald Islands is 1.05× the size of Grenada.
 Grenada |  Heard and McDonald Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| AreaHeard and McDonald Islands: 1.05× the area | 349 km²#185 of 194 | 368 km² |
| Coastline | Coast, no land border | Coast, no land border |
| Land neighbours | 0 | 0 |
| People | ||
| Population | 117,303#180 of 194 · 2025 | — |
| Density | 336 / km²#24 of 194 | — |
| Urban population | 37%#157 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Fertility rate | 1.47 per woman#141 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Population growth | +0.08%#152 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Birth rate | 11.5 per 1,000#116 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Death rate | 8.9 per 1,000#55 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Children under 15 | 19.0%#119 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| People over 65 | 12.6%#66 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Net migration | −1.6 per 1,000#131 of 192 · 2025 | — |
| Refugees abroad | 1.00 per 1,000#60 of 190 · 2025 | — |
| Health & education | ||
| Life expectancy | 75.4 years#83 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Infant mortality | 16.4 per 1,000 births#75 of 191 · 2024 | — |
| Doctors | 1.38 per 1,000#97 of 178 · 2018 | — |
| Human Development Index | 0.791#79 of 190 · 2023 | — |
| Economy | ||
| GNI per capita | $11,660#76 of 185 · 2025 | — |
| GDP | $1.42B2025 | — |
| Income group | Upper-middle income | — |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $21,346#89 of 184 · 2025 | — |
| GDP growth | +4.4%#58 of 187 · 2025 | — |
| Inflation | +0.6%#153 of 176 · 2025 | — |
| Extreme poverty | 0.8%#92 of 149 · 2018 | — |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 43.8#20 of 149 · 2018 | — |
| Foreign investment | 12.0% of GDP#11 of 184 · 2025 | — |
| Internet users | 70%#119 of 184 · 2024 | — |
| Mobile subscriptions | 96 per 100#135 of 191 · 2022 | — |
| Energy & environment | ||
| Forest area | 52% of land#44 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| CO₂ per person | 1.50 t a year#115 of 185 · 2024 | — |
| Renewable energy | 10.0%#142 of 190 · 2022 | — |
| Access to electricity | 95.6%#129 of 192 · 2024 | — |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) | 11.0 µg/m³#146 of 191 · 2023 | — |
| Protected land | 8.8% of land#147 of 191 · 2025 | — |
| Arable land | 8.7% of land#110 of 190 · 2024 | — |
| Water stress | 7.1%#105 of 176 · 2022 | — |
| Precipitation | 2,350 mm#17 of 180 · 2022 | — |
| Governance & safety | ||
| Political stability | +1.24#18 of 193 · 2025 | — |
| Control of corruption | +0.50#60 of 193 · 2025 | — |
| Homicide rate | 13.7 per 100,000#21 of 146 · 2023 | — |
| State | ||
| Status | Independent state | Territory of Australia |
| Government | Constitutional monarchyparliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm | Dependent territory |
| Capital | Saint George's | — |
| Currency | Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD) | — |
| Official languages | English, Grenadian Creole English | English |
| Traffic drives | On the left | — |
| Time zone | UTC−4 | UTC+5 |
| Calling code | +1 473 | — |
| Region | Caribbean, North America | Seven seas (open ocean) |
Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Grenada sits at about 12° N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Heard and McDonald Islands at 53° S is stretched to 2.77×. That difference is why Heard and McDonald Islands looks so much bigger than it is next to Grenada. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Grenada bigger than Heard and McDonald Islands?
- No. Grenada is 5% smaller than Heard and McDonald Islands. Grenada covers 349 km² and Heard and McDonald Islands covers 368 km².
- How many times does Grenada fit into Heard and McDonald Islands?
- About 1.1 times: Heard and McDonald Islands has 1.05× the area of Grenada.
- Why do Grenada and Heard and McDonald Islands look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Grenada is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Heard and McDonald Islands about 2.77×. That is why Heard and McDonald Islands looks so much bigger than it really is next to Grenada. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- What kind of government do Grenada and Heard and McDonald Islands have?
- By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Grenada: constitutional monarchy; Heard and McDonald Islands: dependent territory.