Djibouti vs Somalia
Somalia is 27.5 times larger than Djibouti. Djibouti would fit into Somalia about 27 times.
DjiboutiSomaliaDjibouti moved onto Somalia · Equal-area projection
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Djibouti is 0.04× the area of Somalia. Put the other way, Somalia is 27.5× the size of Djibouti.
| Djibouti | Somalia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 23,200 km² | 637,657 km² |
| Population | 1,184,076 | 19,654,739 |
| Density | 51 / km² | 31 / km² |
| Capital | Djibouti | Mogadishu |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 3 |
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; 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 Djibouti bigger than Somalia?
- No. Djibouti is 27.5 times smaller than Somalia. Djibouti covers 23,200 km² and Somalia covers 637,657 km².
- How many times does Djibouti fit into Somalia?
- About 27 times: Somalia has 27.5× the area of Djibouti.
- Why do Djibouti and Somalia 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 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, Djibouti or Somalia?
- Somalia: 19,654,739 people against 1,184,076. Density: Djibouti 51 per km², Somalia 31 per km².