El Salvador vs Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is 72% larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Guinea-Bissau about 1.7 times.
El SalvadorGuinea-BissauEl Salvador moved onto Guinea-Bissau · Equal-area projection
0.58×
El Salvador is 0.58× the area of Guinea-Bissau. Put the other way, Guinea-Bissau is 1.72× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 36,125 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 2,249,515 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 62 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Bissau |
| Region | Central America | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. El Salvador sits at about 14°N and is stretched to 1.06× its true area; Guinea-Bissau at 12° N is stretched to 1.05×. 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 El Salvador bigger than Guinea-Bissau?
- No. El Salvador is 42% smaller than Guinea-Bissau. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Guinea-Bissau?
- About 1.7 times: Guinea-Bissau has 1.72× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Guinea-Bissau look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. El Salvador is drawn about 1.06× its true area there and Guinea-Bissau about 1.05×. 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, El Salvador or Guinea-Bissau?
- El Salvador: 6,365,503 people against 2,249,515. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Guinea-Bissau 62 per km².