Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau
Cameroon is 13.2 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Cameroon about 13 times.
CameroonGuinea-BissauCameroon moved onto Guinea-Bissau · Equal-area projection
13.2×
Cameroon is 13.2× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
| Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 475,442 km² | 36,125 km² |
| Population | 29,879,337 | 2,249,515 |
| Density | 63 / km² | 62 / km² |
| Capital | Yaounde | Bissau |
| Region | Middle Africa | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Cameroon sits at about 6°N and is stretched to 1.01× its true area; Guinea-Bissau at 12° N is stretched to 1.05×. 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 Cameroon bigger than Guinea-Bissau?
- Yes. Cameroon is 13.2 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Cameroon covers 475,442 km² and Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Cameroon?
- About 13 times: Cameroon has 13.2× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Cameroon is drawn about 1.01× its true area there and Guinea-Bissau about 1.05×. 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, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Cameroon: 29,879,337 people against 2,249,515. Density: Cameroon 63 per km², Guinea-Bissau 62 per km².