Brunei vs Eritrea
Eritrea is 20.4 times larger than Brunei. Brunei would fit into Eritrea about 20 times.
BruneiEritreaBrunei moved onto Eritrea · Equal-area projection
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Brunei is 0.05× the area of Eritrea. Put the other way, Eritrea is 20.4× the size of Brunei.
| Brunei | Eritrea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 5,765 km² | 117,600 km² |
| Population | 466,330 | 3,607,003 |
| Density | 81 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Bandar Seri Begawan | Asmara |
| Region | South-Eastern Asia | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 3 |
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; Eritrea at 15° N is stretched to 1.08×. 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 Eritrea?
- No. Brunei is 20.4 times smaller than Eritrea. Brunei covers 5,765 km² and Eritrea covers 117,600 km².
- How many times does Brunei fit into Eritrea?
- About 20 times: Eritrea has 20.4× the area of Brunei.
- Why do Brunei and Eritrea 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 Eritrea about 1.08×. 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 Eritrea?
- Eritrea: 3,607,003 people against 466,330. Density: Brunei 81 per km², Eritrea 31 per km².