Aruba vs Djibouti
Djibouti is 130 times larger than Aruba. Aruba would fit into Djibouti about 130 times.
ArubaDjiboutiAruba moved onto Djibouti · Equal-area projection
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Aruba is 0.01× the area of Djibouti. Put the other way, Djibouti is 130× the size of Aruba.
| Aruba | Djibouti | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 179 km² | 23,200 km² |
| Population | 108,785 | 1,184,076 |
| Density | 608 / km² | 51 / km² |
| Capital | Oranjestad | Djibouti |
| Region | Caribbean | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Aruba sits at about 13°N and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Djibouti at 12° N is stretched to 1.04×. 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 Aruba bigger than Djibouti?
- No. Aruba is 130 times smaller than Djibouti. Aruba covers 179 km² and Djibouti covers 23,200 km².
- How many times does Aruba fit into Djibouti?
- About 130 times: Djibouti has 130× the area of Aruba.
- Why do Aruba and Djibouti look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Aruba is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Djibouti about 1.04×. 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, Aruba or Djibouti?
- Djibouti: 1,184,076 people against 108,785. Density: Aruba 608 per km², Djibouti 51 per km².