Cuba vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 9.38 times larger than Cuba. Cuba would fit into Mauritania about 9.4 times.
CubaMauritaniaCuba moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Cuba is 0.11× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 9.38× the size of Cuba.
| Cuba | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,884 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 100 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Havana | Nouakchott |
| Region | Caribbean | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 4 |
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; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- No. Cuba is 9.38 times smaller than Mauritania. Cuba covers 109,884 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Cuba fit into Mauritania?
- About 9.4 times: Mauritania has 9.38× the area of Cuba.
- Why do Cuba and Mauritania 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 Mauritania about 1.14×. 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 Mauritania?
- Cuba: 10,937,203 people against 5,315,065. Density: Cuba 100 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².