Comoros vs El Salvador
El Salvador is 10.3 times larger than Comoros. Comoros would fit into El Salvador about 10 times.
ComorosEl SalvadorComoros moved onto El Salvador · Equal-area projection
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Comoros is 0.1× the area of El Salvador. Put the other way, El Salvador is 10.3× the size of Comoros.
| Comoros | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,034 km² | 21,041 km² |
| Population | 882,847 | 6,365,503 |
| Density | 434 / km² | 303 / km² |
| Capital | Moroni | San Salvador |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Central America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Comoros sits at about 12°S and is stretched to 1.04× its true area; El Salvador at 14° N is stretched to 1.06×. 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 Comoros bigger than El Salvador?
- No. Comoros is 10.3 times smaller than El Salvador. Comoros covers 2,034 km² and El Salvador covers 21,041 km².
- How many times does Comoros fit into El Salvador?
- About 10 times: El Salvador has 10.3× the area of Comoros.
- Why do Comoros and El Salvador look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Comoros is drawn about 1.04× its true area there and El Salvador about 1.06×. 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, Comoros or El Salvador?
- El Salvador: 6,365,503 people against 882,847. Density: Comoros 434 per km², El Salvador 303 per km².