Cuba vs El Salvador
Cuba is 5.22 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Cuba about 5.2 times.
CubaEl SalvadorCuba moved onto El Salvador · Equal-area projection
5.22×
Cuba is 5.22× the area of El Salvador.
| Cuba | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,884 km² | 21,041 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 | 6,365,503 |
| Density | 100 / km² | 303 / km² |
| Capital | Havana | San Salvador |
| Region | Caribbean | 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. Cuba sits at about 22°N and is stretched to 1.16× 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 Cuba bigger than El Salvador?
- Yes. Cuba is 5.22 times larger than El Salvador. Cuba covers 109,884 km² and El Salvador covers 21,041 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Cuba?
- About 5.2 times: Cuba has 5.22× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do Cuba and El Salvador look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Cuba is drawn about 1.16× 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, Cuba or El Salvador?
- Cuba: 10,937,203 people against 6,365,503. Density: Cuba 100 per km², El Salvador 303 per km².