El Salvador vs Haiti
Haiti is 32% larger than El Salvador.
El SalvadorHaitiEl Salvador moved onto Haiti · Equal-area projection
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El Salvador is 0.76× the area of Haiti. Put the other way, Haiti is 1.32× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Haiti | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 27,750 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 11,906,095 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 429 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Port-au-Prince |
| Region | Central America | Caribbean |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 1 |
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; 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 El Salvador bigger than Haiti?
- No. El Salvador is 24% smaller than Haiti. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Haiti covers 27,750 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Haiti?
- About 1.3 times: Haiti has 1.32× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Haiti 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 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, El Salvador or Haiti?
- Haiti: 11,906,095 people against 6,365,503. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Haiti 429 per km².