Colombia vs Guinea
Colombia is 4.64 times larger than Guinea. Guinea would fit into Colombia about 4.6 times.
ColombiaGuineaColombia moved onto Guinea · Equal-area projection
4.64×
Colombia is 4.64× the area of Guinea.
| Colombia | Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,141,748 km² | 245,857 km² |
| Population | 53,425,635 | 15,099,727 |
| Density | 47 / km² | 61 / km² |
| Capital | Bogota | Conakry |
| Region | South America | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 5 | 6 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Colombia sits at about 4°N and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Guinea at 10° N is stretched to 1.03×. 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 Colombia bigger than Guinea?
- Yes. Colombia is 4.64 times larger than Guinea. Colombia covers 1,141,748 km² and Guinea covers 245,857 km².
- How many times does Guinea fit into Colombia?
- About 4.6 times: Colombia has 4.64× the area of Guinea.
- Why do Colombia and Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Colombia is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Guinea about 1.03×. 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, Colombia or Guinea?
- Colombia: 53,425,635 people against 15,099,727. Density: Colombia 47 per km², Guinea 61 per km².