Bahamas vs Madagascar
Madagascar is 42.3 times larger than Bahamas. Bahamas would fit into Madagascar about 42 times.
BahamasMadagascarBahamas moved onto Madagascar · Equal-area projection
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Bahamas is 0.02× the area of Madagascar. Put the other way, Madagascar is 42.3× the size of Bahamas.
| Bahamas | Madagascar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 13,878 km² | 587,295 km² |
| Population | 403,033 | 32,740,678 |
| Density | 29 / km² | 56 / km² |
| Capital | Nassau | Antananarivo |
| Region | Caribbean | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 0 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Bahamas sits at about 24°N and is stretched to 1.2× its true area; Madagascar at 19° S is stretched to 1.12×. 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 Bahamas bigger than Madagascar?
- No. Bahamas is 42.3 times smaller than Madagascar. Bahamas covers 13,878 km² and Madagascar covers 587,295 km².
- How many times does Bahamas fit into Madagascar?
- About 42 times: Madagascar has 42.3× the area of Bahamas.
- Why do Bahamas and Madagascar look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Bahamas is drawn about 1.2× its true area there and Madagascar about 1.12×. 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, Bahamas or Madagascar?
- Madagascar: 32,740,678 people against 403,033. Density: Bahamas 29 per km², Madagascar 56 per km².