Cuba vs Somalia
Somalia is 5.8 times larger than Cuba. Cuba would fit into Somalia about 5.8 times.
CubaSomaliaCuba moved onto Somalia · Equal-area projection
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Cuba is 0.17× the area of Somalia. Put the other way, Somalia is 5.8× the size of Cuba.
| Cuba | Somalia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,884 km² | 637,657 km² |
| Population | 10,937,203 | 19,654,739 |
| Density | 100 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Havana | Mogadishu |
| Region | Caribbean | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 3 |
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; Somalia 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 Cuba bigger than Somalia?
- No. Cuba is 5.8 times smaller than Somalia. Cuba covers 109,884 km² and Somalia covers 637,657 km².
- How many times does Cuba fit into Somalia?
- About 5.8 times: Somalia has 5.8× the area of Cuba.
- Why do Cuba and Somalia 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 Somalia 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, Cuba or Somalia?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 10,937,203. Density: Cuba 100 per km², Somalia 31 per km².