El Salvador vs Kenya
Kenya is 27.6 times larger than El Salvador. El Salvador would fit into Kenya about 28 times.
El SalvadorKenyaEl Salvador moved onto Kenya · Equal-area projection
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El Salvador is 0.04× the area of Kenya. Put the other way, Kenya is 27.6× the size of El Salvador.
| El Salvador | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21,041 km² | 581,309 km² |
| Population | 6,365,503 | 57,532,493 |
| Density | 303 / km² | 99 / km² |
| Capital | San Salvador | Nairobi |
| Region | Central America | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 2 | 5 |
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; Kenya at 1° N is stretched to 1.0×. 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 Kenya?
- No. El Salvador is 27.6 times smaller than Kenya. El Salvador covers 21,041 km² and Kenya covers 581,309 km².
- How many times does El Salvador fit into Kenya?
- About 28 times: Kenya has 27.6× the area of El Salvador.
- Why do El Salvador and Kenya 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 Kenya about 1.0×. 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 Kenya?
- Kenya: 57,532,493 people against 6,365,503. Density: El Salvador 303 per km², Kenya 99 per km².