Chagos Islands vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 17,178 times larger than Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands would fit into Mauritania about 17178 times.
Chagos IslandsMauritaniaChagos Islands moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Chagos Islands is 0.0× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 17,178× the size of Chagos Islands.
| Chagos Islands | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 60 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 3,000 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 50 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Diego Garcia | Nouakchott |
| Region | Seven seas (open ocean) | Western 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; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- No. Chagos Islands is 17,178 times smaller than Mauritania. Chagos Islands covers 60 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Chagos Islands fit into Mauritania?
- About 17178 times: Mauritania has 17,178× the area of Chagos Islands.
- Why do Chagos Islands and Mauritania 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 Mauritania about 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- Mauritania: 5,315,065 people against 3,000. Density: Chagos Islands 50 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².