Djibouti vs Tanzania
Tanzania is 40.8 times larger than Djibouti. Djibouti would fit into Tanzania about 41 times.
DjiboutiTanzaniaDjibouti moved onto Tanzania · Equal-area projection
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Djibouti is 0.02× the area of Tanzania. Put the other way, Tanzania is 40.8× the size of Djibouti.
| Djibouti | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 23,200 km² | 947,303 km² |
| Population | 1,184,076 | 70,545,865 |
| Density | 51 / km² | 74 / km² |
| Capital | Djibouti | Dodoma |
| Region | Eastern Africa | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 3 | 8 |
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; Tanzania at 6° S 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 Tanzania?
- No. Djibouti is 40.8 times smaller than Tanzania. Djibouti covers 23,200 km² and Tanzania covers 947,303 km².
- How many times does Djibouti fit into Tanzania?
- About 41 times: Tanzania has 40.8× the area of Djibouti.
- Why do Djibouti and Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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 Tanzania?
- Tanzania: 70,545,865 people against 1,184,076. Density: Djibouti 51 per km², Tanzania 74 per km².