Cameroon vs Kenya
Kenya is 22% larger than Cameroon.
CameroonKenyaCameroon moved onto Kenya · Equal-area projection
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Cameroon is 0.82× the area of Kenya. Put the other way, Kenya is 1.22× the size of Cameroon.
| Cameroon | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 475,442 km² | 581,309 km² |
| Population | 29,879,337 | 57,532,493 |
| Density | 63 / km² | 99 / km² |
| Capital | Yaounde | Nairobi |
| Region | Middle Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 5 |
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; Kenya at 1° N is stretched to 1.0×. 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 Kenya?
- No. Cameroon is 18% smaller than Kenya. Cameroon covers 475,442 km² and Kenya covers 581,309 km².
- How many times does Cameroon fit into Kenya?
- About 1.2 times: Kenya has 1.22× the area of Cameroon.
- Why do Cameroon and Kenya 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 Kenya about 1.0×. 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 Kenya?
- Kenya: 57,532,493 people against 29,879,337. Density: Cameroon 63 per km², Kenya 99 per km².