Brunei vs El Salvador
El Salvador is 3.65 times larger than Brunei. Brunei would fit into El Salvador about 3.6 times.
BruneiEl SalvadorBrunei moved onto El Salvador · Equal-area projection
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Brunei is 0.27× the area of El Salvador. Put the other way, El Salvador is 3.65× the size of Brunei.
| Brunei | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 5,765 km² | 21,041 km² |
| Population | 466,330 | 6,365,503 |
| Density | 81 / km² | 303 / km² |
| Capital | Bandar Seri Begawan | San Salvador |
| Region | South-Eastern Asia | Central America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Brunei sits at about 5°N and is stretched to 1.01× 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.
Questions about this pair
- Is Brunei bigger than El Salvador?
- No. Brunei is 3.65 times smaller than El Salvador. Brunei covers 5,765 km² and El Salvador covers 21,041 km².
- How many times does Brunei fit into El Salvador?
- About 3.6 times: El Salvador has 3.65× the area of Brunei.
- Why do Brunei and El Salvador look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Brunei is drawn about 1.01× 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, Brunei or El Salvador?
- El Salvador: 6,365,503 people against 466,330. Density: Brunei 81 per km², El Salvador 303 per km².