Chagos Islands vs Somalia
Somalia is 10,628 times larger than Chagos Islands. Chagos Islands would fit into Somalia about 10628 times.
Chagos IslandsSomaliaChagos Islands moved onto Somalia · Equal-area projection
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Chagos Islands is 0.0× the area of Somalia. Put the other way, Somalia is 10,628× the size of Chagos Islands.
| Chagos Islands | Somalia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 60 km² | 637,657 km² |
| Population | 3,000 | 19,654,739 |
| Density | 50 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Diego Garcia | Mogadishu |
| Region | Seven seas (open ocean) | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 3 |
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; 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 Chagos Islands bigger than Somalia?
- No. Chagos Islands is 10,628 times smaller than Somalia. Chagos Islands covers 60 km² and Somalia covers 637,657 km².
- How many times does Chagos Islands fit into Somalia?
- About 10628 times: Somalia has 10,628× the area of Chagos Islands.
- Why do Chagos Islands and Somalia 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 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, Chagos Islands or Somalia?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 3,000. Density: Chagos Islands 50 per km², Somalia 31 per km².