Côte d'Ivoire vs Guyana
Côte d'Ivoire is 50% larger than Guyana. Guyana would fit into Côte d'Ivoire about 1.5 times.
Côte d'IvoireGuyanaCôte d'Ivoire moved onto Guyana · Equal-area projection
1.5×
Côte d'Ivoire is 1.5× the area of Guyana.
| Côte d'Ivoire | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 322,463 km² | 214,970 km² |
| Population | 32,711,547 | 835,986 |
| Density | 101 / km² | 3.9 / km² |
| Capital | Yamoussoukro | Georgetown |
| Region | Western Africa | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 5 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Côte d'Ivoire sits at about 8°N and is stretched to 1.02× its true area; Guyana 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 Côte d'Ivoire bigger than Guyana?
- Yes. Côte d'Ivoire is 50% larger than Guyana. Côte d'Ivoire covers 322,463 km² and Guyana covers 214,970 km².
- How many times does Guyana fit into Côte d'Ivoire?
- About 1.5 times: Côte d'Ivoire has 1.5× the area of Guyana.
- Why do Côte d'Ivoire and Guyana look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Côte d'Ivoire is drawn about 1.02× its true area there and Guyana 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, Côte d'Ivoire or Guyana?
- Côte d'Ivoire: 32,711,547 people against 835,986. Density: Côte d'Ivoire 101 per km², Guyana 3.9 per km².