Bahrain vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 1,310 times larger than Bahrain. Bahrain would fit into Mauritania about 1310 times.
BahrainMauritaniaBahrain moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Bahrain is 0.0× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 1,310× the size of Bahrain.
| Bahrain | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 787 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 1,600,366 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 2,034 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Manama | Nouakchott |
| Region | Western Asia | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Bahrain sits at about 26°N and is stretched to 1.24× its true area; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Bahrain bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Bahrain is 1,310 times smaller than Mauritania. Bahrain covers 787 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Bahrain fit into Mauritania?
- About 1310 times: Mauritania has 1,310× the area of Bahrain.
- Why do Bahrain and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Bahrain is drawn about 1.24× its true area there and Mauritania about 1.14×. 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, Bahrain or Mauritania?
- Mauritania: 5,315,065 people against 1,600,366. Density: Bahrain 2,034 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².