Djibouti vs Haiti
Haiti is 20% larger than Djibouti.
DjiboutiHaitiDjibouti moved onto Haiti · Equal-area projection
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Djibouti is 0.84× the area of Haiti. Put the other way, Haiti is 1.2× the size of Djibouti.
| Djibouti | Haiti | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 23,200 km² | 27,750 km² |
| Population | 1,184,076 | 11,906,095 |
| Density | 51 / km² | 429 / km² |
| Capital | Djibouti | Port-au-Prince |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Caribbean |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Djibouti sits at about 12°N and is stretched to 1.04× its true area; Haiti at 19° N is stretched to 1.12×. 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 Djibouti bigger than Haiti?
- No. Djibouti is 16% smaller than Haiti. Djibouti covers 23,200 km² and Haiti covers 27,750 km².
- How many times does Djibouti fit into Haiti?
- About 1.2 times: Haiti has 1.2× the area of Djibouti.
- Why do Djibouti and Haiti look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Djibouti is drawn about 1.04× its true area there and Haiti about 1.12×. 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, Djibouti or Haiti?
- Haiti: 11,906,095 people against 1,184,076. Density: Djibouti 51 per km², Haiti 429 per km².