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Antigua and Barbuda vs El Salvador

El Salvador is 47.8 times larger than Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda would fit into El Salvador about 48 times.

Antigua and BarbudaEl SalvadorAntigua and Barbuda moved onto El Salvador · Equal-area projection
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Antigua and Barbuda is 0.02× the area of El Salvador. Put the other way, El Salvador is 47.8× the size of Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and BarbudaEl Salvador
Area440 km²21,041 km²
Population94,2096,365,503
Density214 / km²303 / km²
CapitalSaint John'sSan Salvador
RegionCaribbeanCentral America
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours02

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Antigua and Barbuda sits at about 17°N and is stretched to 1.1× its true area; El Salvador at 14° N is stretched to 1.06×. 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.

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Questions about this pair

Is Antigua and Barbuda bigger than El Salvador?
No. Antigua and Barbuda is 47.8 times smaller than El Salvador. Antigua and Barbuda covers 440 km² and El Salvador covers 21,041 km².
How many times does Antigua and Barbuda fit into El Salvador?
About 48 times: El Salvador has 47.8× the area of Antigua and Barbuda.
Why do Antigua and Barbuda and El Salvador look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Antigua and Barbuda is drawn about 1.1× its true area there and El Salvador about 1.06×. 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, Antigua and Barbuda or El Salvador?
El Salvador: 6,365,503 people against 94,209. Density: Antigua and Barbuda 214 per km², El Salvador 303 per km².
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