Cameroon vs Somalia
Somalia is 34% larger than Cameroon.
CameroonSomaliaCameroon moved onto Somalia · Equal-area projection
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Cameroon is 0.75× the area of Somalia. Put the other way, Somalia is 1.34× the size of Cameroon.
| Cameroon | Somalia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 475,442 km² | 637,657 km² |
| Population | 29,879,337 | 19,654,739 |
| Density | 63 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Yaounde | Mogadishu |
| Region | Middle Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 3 |
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; Somalia at 5° N is stretched to 1.01×. 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 Somalia?
- No. Cameroon is 25% smaller than Somalia. Cameroon covers 475,442 km² and Somalia covers 637,657 km².
- How many times does Cameroon fit into Somalia?
- About 1.3 times: Somalia has 1.34× the area of Cameroon.
- Why do Cameroon and Somalia 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 Somalia about 1.01×. 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 Somalia?
- Cameroon: 29,879,337 people against 19,654,739. Density: Cameroon 63 per km², Somalia 31 per km².