Cameroon vs Myanmar
Myanmar is 42% larger than Cameroon.
CameroonMyanmarCameroon moved onto Myanmar · Equal-area projection
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Cameroon is 0.7× the area of Myanmar. Put the other way, Myanmar is 1.42× the size of Cameroon.
| Cameroon | Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 475,442 km² | 676,577 km² |
| Population | 29,879,337 | 54,850,648 |
| Density | 63 / km² | 81 / km² |
| Capital | Yaounde | Naypyidaw |
| Region | Middle Africa | South-Eastern Asia |
| 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; Myanmar at 21° N is stretched to 1.15×. 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 Myanmar?
- No. Cameroon is 30% smaller than Myanmar. Cameroon covers 475,442 km² and Myanmar covers 676,577 km².
- How many times does Cameroon fit into Myanmar?
- About 1.4 times: Myanmar has 1.42× the area of Cameroon.
- Why do Cameroon and Myanmar 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 Myanmar about 1.15×. 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 Myanmar?
- Myanmar: 54,850,648 people against 29,879,337. Density: Cameroon 63 per km², Myanmar 81 per km².