Chagos Islands vs Egypt
Egypt is 16,840 times larger than Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands would fit into Egypt about 16840 times.
Chagos IslandsEgyptChagos Islands moved onto Egypt · Equal-area projection
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Chagos Islands is 0.0× the area of Egypt. Put the other way, Egypt is 16,840× the size of Chagos Islands.
| Chagos Islands | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 60 km² | 1,010,408 km² |
| Population | 3,000 | 118,365,995 |
| Density | 50 / km² | 117 / km² |
| Capital | Diego Garcia | Cairo |
| Region | Seven seas (open ocean) | Northern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Chagos Islands sits at about 7°S and is stretched to 1.02× its true area; Egypt at 26° N is stretched to 1.25×. 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 Chagos Islands bigger than Egypt?
- No. Chagos Islands is 16,840 times smaller than Egypt. Chagos Islands covers 60 km² and Egypt covers 1,010,408 km².
- How many times does Chagos Islands fit into Egypt?
- About 16840 times: Egypt has 16,840× the area of Chagos Islands.
- Why do Chagos Islands and Egypt look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Chagos Islands is drawn about 1.02× its true area there and Egypt about 1.25×. 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, Chagos Islands or Egypt?
- Egypt: 118,365,995 people against 3,000. Density: Chagos Islands 50 per km², Egypt 117 per km².