El Salvador vs Honduras
Honduras is 5.35 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Honduras about 5.3 times.
El SalvadorHondurasEl Salvador moved onto Honduras · Equal-area projection
0.19×
El Salvador is 0.19× the area of Honduras. Put the other way, Honduras is 5.35× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Honduras | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 112,492 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 11,005,850 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 98 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Tegucigalpa |
| Region | Central America | Central America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 3 |
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; Honduras at 15° N is stretched to 1.07×. 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 Honduras?
- No. El Salvador is 5.35 times smaller than Honduras. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Honduras covers 112,492 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Honduras?
- About 5.3 times: Honduras has 5.35× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Honduras 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 Honduras about 1.07×. 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 Honduras?
- Honduras: 11,005,850 people against 6,365,503. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Honduras 98 per km².