Place comparison
Jeju compared with Singapore: area, population and density
Jeju Province has about 2.5 times Singapore’s land, but Singapore has about 9 times Jeju’s population, so Singapore is about 23 times as dense.
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Direct answer
How different are Jeju Province and Singapore?
Jeju Province covers 1,850.3 km² (714.4 sq mi); Jeju Province's area is 2.49 times Singapore's. Its reported population is 674,817; Jeju Province's population is about 11% of Singapore's. By average density, Jeju Province's population density is about 4.4% of Singapore's.
Population difference
Jeju Province's population is about 11% of Singapore's 674,817 · 6,111,175Density difference
Jeju Province's population density is about 4.4% of Singapore's 364.7 /km² (945 /sq mi) · 8,210.6 /km² (21,265 /sq mi)Full data and sources for each place: Jeju Province area & population, Singapore area & population
Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 4278 km; time difference: 1 hour.
On a familiar scale
- Jeju Province ≈ 69% of Rhode Island (reference rung) 2,742 m² of land per resident
- Singapore ≈ the size of New York City 122 m² of land per resident
Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.
How to read it
Two and a half Singapores of land, a ninth of the people.
Geography and shape
Jeju is a volcanic island off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, with a few small islets, governed as one province. Singapore is a city-state on one main island and some sixty smaller islands at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
Population context
Jeju Province has 674,817 people on 1,850 km², about 365 per km². Singapore has 6,111,175 on 744 km², about 8,211 per km². Singapore holds about 9 times Jeju’s population on about 40% of its land.
Boundaries and definitions
Jeju uses its register-based census for 1 November 2024 and the province’s registered land, main island plus islets. Singapore uses its total land area at 31 December 2025, which grows with reclamation, and its total population at end-June 2025, including about 1.91 million non-residents.
Jeju Province: Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, not the main island alone. The area is the province's registered cadastral land at 31 December 2024, covering the main island plus Udo, the Chuja group, Gapado, Marado, Biyangdo and dozens of smaller islets; the population is the province's at the 1 November 2024 register-based census. The main island by itself is roughly 0.9% smaller in area and 0.5% smaller in population, but no Korean government body publishes an area for it alone, so no separate island entry is possible. The outline drawn here is the main island's coastline rather than the provincial boundary, because the mapped provincial relation is a maritime jurisdiction line enclosing about 11,100 km² of mostly open sea. The Chuja Islands, some 50 km north, are therefore counted in the figures but do not appear in the outline.
Singapore: Total land area surveyed by the Singapore Land Authority as at 31 December 2025, covering the main island and its offshore islands. The figure rises with reclamation and is restated annually — it was 735.7 km² a year earlier. Population is the Department of Statistics total population at end-June 2025: citizens 3,660,683, permanent residents 543,832 and about 1.91 million non-residents, counted by place of usual residence, so tourists and short-term visitors are excluded. The two dates are six months apart, and the outline traces the main island, Pulau Ujong, which is about 88% of the official area — Pulau Tekong, Jurong Island, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa and some sixty smaller islands are counted in the figure but not drawn.
In-depth guide
How should Jeju Province and Singapore be understood in context?
Jeju and Singapore are both islands, and Singapore is the size most Asian readers reach for. Jeju turns out to be the bigger island by about two and a half times — while Singapore has about nine times its people.
More land, a ninth of the people
Jeju’s 1,850 km² is about 2.5 times Singapore’s 744 km². But Singapore’s 6.11 million people are about 9 times Jeju’s 674,817, so Singapore averages about 8,211 people per km² and Jeju about 365.
The outlines on this page show Jeju’s main island and Singapore’s main island, Pulau Ujong, which is about 88% of Singapore’s official area.
Questions people ask
About this geographic comparison
Which is bigger, Jeju Province or Singapore?
Jeju Province is bigger, with a land area about 2.49× that of Singapore (Jeju Province 1,850.3 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 714.4 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi).
How big is Jeju Province compared to Singapore?
Jeju Province has 1,850.3 km² (714.4 sq mi) and Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi): the ratio is 2.49×. Conversely, Singapore has 40.2% of Jeju Province's area.
Does Jeju Province or Singapore have more people?
Singapore has 6,111,175 people (2025-06-30), versus 674,817 in Jeju Province (2024-11-01): 9.06×. In reverse, Jeju Province has 11% of Singapore's population. Jeju Province is 2.49× the size of Singapore — 1,850.3 km² vs 744.3 km² (714.4 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). Population is 11% as high; average density is 4.4% as high. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.
Is Jeju Province bigger than Singapore?
Yes. Jeju Province is bigger, with a land area about 2.49× that of Singapore (Jeju Province 1,850.3 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 714.4 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). The area difference is 1,106 km². Jeju Province has 1,850.3 km² (714.4 sq mi) and Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi): the ratio is 2.49×. Conversely, Singapore has 40.2% of Jeju Province's area.
How many times does Singapore fit into Jeju Province?
By land area, Singapore fits into Jeju Province about 2.49 times (1,850.3 km² vs 744.3 km², or 714.4 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). It is an area ratio, not a jigsaw fit: coastlines and shapes differ, which the outlines on this page show at one scale.
Is Jeju Island bigger than Singapore?
Yes, about 2.5 times by land area: 1,850 km² against 744 km². Jeju’s main island alone is only about 0.9% smaller than the province, so the answer is the same for the island.
Why is Singapore so much denser than Jeju?
Singapore is a city-state that fits 6.1 million people into 744 km², about 8,211 per km². Jeju is a largely rural island of 674,817 people, about 365 per km² — roughly 23 times less dense.
Sources
- Jeju Special Self-Governing Province: 2025 Jeju Statistical Yearbook, chapter 2: land and climate, as of 31 December 2024
- Statistics Korea: 2024 Population and Housing Census (register-based), population by province
- Singapore Land Authority: Total Land Area of Singapore
- Singapore Department of Statistics: Indicators on Population, Annual (Table M810001)
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