Cuba vs Guinea-Bissau
Cuba is 3.04 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau would fit into Cuba about 3.0 times.
CubaGuinea-BissauCuba moved onto Guinea-Bissau · Equal-area projection
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Cuba is 3.04× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
| Cuba | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,884 km² | 36,125 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 | 2,249,515 |
| Density | 100 / km² | 62 / km² |
| Capital | Havana | Bissau |
| Region | Caribbean | Western Africa |
| 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; 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 Cuba bigger than Guinea-Bissau?
- Yes. Cuba is 3.04 times larger than Guinea-Bissau. Cuba covers 109,884 km² and Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km².
- How many times does Guinea-Bissau fit into Cuba?
- About 3.0 times: Cuba has 3.04× the area of Guinea-Bissau.
- Why do Cuba and Guinea-Bissau 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 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, Cuba or Guinea-Bissau?
- Cuba: 10,937,203 people against 2,249,515. Density: Cuba 100 per km², Guinea-Bissau 62 per km².