Colombia vs Guinea-Bissau
Colombia is 31.6 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Colombia about 32 times.
ColombiaGuinea-BissauColombia moved onto Guinea-Bissau · Equal-area projection
31.6×
Colombia is 31.6× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
| Colombia | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,141,748 km² | 36,125 km² |
| Population | 53,425,635 | 2,249,515 |
| Density | 47 / km² | 62 / km² |
| Capital | Bogota | Bissau |
| Region | South America | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 5 | 2 |
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-Bissau at 12° N is stretched to 1.05×. 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-Bissau?
- Yes. Colombia is 31.6 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Colombia covers 1,141,748 km² and Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Colombia?
- About 32 times: Colombia has 31.6× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Colombia and Guinea-Bissau 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-Bissau about 1.05×. 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-Bissau?
- Colombia: 53,425,635 people against 2,249,515. Density: Colombia 47 per km², Guinea-Bissau 62 per km².