Saint Pierre and Miquelon vs United States

United States is 40,606 times larger than Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Saint Pierre and Miquelon would fit into United States about 40606 times.

Saint Pierre and MiquelonUnited StatesSaint Pierre and Miquelon moved onto United States · Equal-area projection

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon is 0.0× the area of United States. Put the other way, United States is 40,606× the size of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Saint Pierre and MiquelonUnited States
Size
AreaUnited States: 40,606× the area242 km²9,826,675 km²#3 of 194
CoastlineCoast, no land borderHas a coast
Land neighbours02
People
PopulationUnited States: 57,212× the population5,9742019341,784,857#3 of 194 · 2025
DensityUnited States: 1.41× the density25 / km²35 / km²#145 of 194
Urban population—80%#41 of 192 · 2025
Fertility rate—1.63 per woman#121 of 192 · 2024
Population growth—+0.52%#125 of 192 · 2025
Birth rate—10.6 per 1,000#132 of 192 · 2024
Death rate—9.0 per 1,000#52 of 192 · 2024
Children under 15—17.1%#140 of 192 · 2025
People over 65—18.4%#38 of 192 · 2025
Net migration—+3.6 per 1,000#26 of 192 · 2025
Refugees abroad—0.01 per 1,000#155 of 190 · 2025
Health & education
Life expectancy—78.9 years#46 of 192 · 2024
Infant mortality—5.5 per 1,000 births#139 of 191 · 2024
Doctors—3.68 per 1,000#39 of 178 · 2022
University enrolment—79.4%#27 of 145 · 2022
Human Development Index—0.938#16 of 190 · 2023
Economy
GNI per capita—$88,810#5 of 185 · 2025
GDP—$30.77T2025
Income group—High income
GDP per capita (PPP)—$90,027#9 of 184 · 2025
GDP growth—+2.2%#126 of 187 · 2025
Inflation—+2.9%#92 of 176 · 2024
Unemployment—4.2%#110 of 178 · 2025
Extreme poverty—1.1%#82 of 149 · 2024
Income inequality (Gini)—41.8#30 of 149 · 2024
Jobs in agriculture—1.5% of jobs#164 of 178 · 2025
Jobs in industry—18.9% of jobs#90 of 178 · 2025
Jobs in services—79.6% of jobs#16 of 178 · 2025
Foreign investment—1.0% of GDP#126 of 184 · 2025
Exports—11.0% of GDP#159 of 168 · 2024
Military spending—3.1% of GDP#27 of 155 · 2025
Internet users—95%#27 of 184 · 2024
Mobile subscriptions—113 per 100#102 of 191 · 2024
Energy & environment
Forest area—34% of land#92 of 192 · 2024
CO₂ per person—13.6 t a year#13 of 185 · 2024
Renewable energy—10.9%#139 of 190 · 2021
Access to electricity—100.0%#1 of 192 · 2024
Air pollution (PM2.5)—7.0 µg/m³#173 of 191 · 2023
Protected land—12.9% of land#131 of 191 · 2025
Arable land—16.6% of land#64 of 190 · 2024
Water stress—28.2%#57 of 176 · 2022
Precipitation—715 mm#111 of 180 · 2022
Governance & safety
Political stability—−0.30#122 of 193 · 2025
Control of corruption—+0.87#39 of 193 · 2025
Homicide rate—5.8 per 100,000#46 of 146 · 2023
State
StatusTerritory of FranceIndependent state
GovernmentDependent territoryparliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of FrancePresidential republicconstitutional federal republic
Member of—NATO, OECD, G7, G20
CapitalSaint-PierreWashington D.C.
CurrencyEuro (EUR)United States dollar (USD)
Official languagesFrenchEnglish
Traffic drivesOn the rightOn the right
Time zoneUTC−3, summer time UTC−2UTC−5, summer time UTC−4 · UTC−10 to UTC−5, 6 time zones
Calling code+508+1
RegionNorthern America, North AmericaNorthern America, North America

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. Saint Pierre and Miquelon sits at about 47° N and is stretched to 2.14× its true area; United States at 45° N is stretched to 1.98×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.

Questions about this pair

Is Saint Pierre and Miquelon bigger than United States?
No. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is 40,606 times smaller than United States. Saint Pierre and Miquelon covers 242 km² and United States covers 9,826,675 km².
How many times does Saint Pierre and Miquelon fit into United States?
About 40606 times: United States has 40,606× the area of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Why do Saint Pierre and Miquelon and United States look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is drawn about 2.14× its true area there and United States about 1.98×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Which has more people, Saint Pierre and Miquelon or United States?
United States: 341,784,857 people against 5,974. Density: Saint Pierre and Miquelon 25 per km², United States 35 per km².
What kind of government do Saint Pierre and Miquelon and United States have?
By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Saint Pierre and Miquelon: dependent territory; United States: presidential republic.